diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 83c371fb..8f273115 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!-- latest_release 9.3.19 -->
-## [v9.3.19](https://github.com/chef/fauxhai/tree/v9.3.19) (2024-12-23)
+<!-- latest_release 9.3.20 -->
+## [v9.3.20](https://github.com/chef/fauxhai/tree/v9.3.20) (2024-12-23)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
 - added the channel variable [#42](https://github.com/chef/fauxhai/pull/42) ([nikhil2611](https://github.com/nikhil2611))
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 9e0cd3a1..a99162e2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.3.19
\ No newline at end of file
+9.3.20
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/fauxhai/version.rb b/lib/fauxhai/version.rb
index e4ee72dd..002c30fa 100644
--- a/lib/fauxhai/version.rb
+++ b/lib/fauxhai/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Fauxhai
-  VERSION = "9.3.19".freeze
+  VERSION = "9.3.20".freeze
 end