@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ The envelope wire format is versioned separately by `meta.schema_version`
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.20.0] - 2026-10-17
+
 Conformance suite 1.4.0, [ADR-0031](https://babelqueue.com). The envelope is unchanged
 (`schema_version: 1`); this is a MINOR with one deliberate behaviour change (encode rejects).
 
 
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "babelqueue"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 description = "Polyglot Queues, Simplified — the Python core: the canonical BabelQueue wire-envelope codec, contracts and dead-letter helpers."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     Transport,
 )
 
-__version__ = "1.19.0"
+__version__ = "1.20.0"
 
 __all__ = [
     "BabelQueue",
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`@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@`
`41`	`41`	`Transport,`
`42`	`42`	`)`
`43`	`43`
`44`		`-__version__ = "1.19.0"`
	`44`	`+__version__ = "1.20.0"`
`45`	`45`
`46`	`46`	`__all__ = [`
`47`	`47`	`"BabelQueue",`