diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 856e171e..64ddbbe4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rust-bio-tools"
-version = "0.19.8-alpha.0"
+version = "0.20.0"
 authors = ["Johannes Köster <johannes.koester@tu-dortmund.de>", "Erik Clarke <ecl@pennmedicine.upenn.edu>"]
 description = "A set of fast and robust command line utilities for bioinformatics tasks based on Rust-Bio."
 license-file = "LICENSE.md"