diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75dc9e847a858e..64c824e38a7d7c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Dash Core staging tree 18.0
+Dash Core staging tree 20.0
 ===========================
 
 |CI|master|develop|
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1231545a1408f8..ba5c875b7894bc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 20)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 3)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 4)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2023)