diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 88f61875..c9033a92 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ and this project adheres to [PEP 440](https://peps.python.org/pep-0440/) /
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.1.8rc20] - 2026-10-03
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Pin the published `jvspatial==0.1.1` release across package metadata and requirements, incorporating PostgreSQL index naming and schema bootstrap fixes.
diff --git a/jvagent/version.py b/jvagent/version.py
index 086f2037..5267cd08 100644
--- a/jvagent/version.py
+++ b/jvagent/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Version information for jvagent package."""
 
-__version__ = "0.1.8rc19"
+__version__ = "0.1.8rc20"