diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d03a2da4f9e..5981ec4bfd0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
+?? ??? 2ß12, PHP 5.3.20
+
 ?? ??? 2012, PHP 5.3.19
 
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+ADD NEWS ONLY ABOVE IN 5.3.20 SECTION
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+RM will merge 5.3.19 entries when merging to release branch
+
 - Core
   . Fixed bug #63241 (PHP fails to open Windows deduplicated files).
     (daniel dot stelter-gliese at innogames dot de)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 050f8d40f1f..66900b455c2 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADER(main/php_config.h)
 
 PHP_MAJOR_VERSION=5
 PHP_MINOR_VERSION=3
-PHP_RELEASE_VERSION=19
+PHP_RELEASE_VERSION=20
 PHP_EXTRA_VERSION="-dev"
 PHP_VERSION="$PHP_MAJOR_VERSION.$PHP_MINOR_VERSION.$PHP_RELEASE_VERSION$PHP_EXTRA_VERSION"
 PHP_VERSION_ID=`expr [$]PHP_MAJOR_VERSION \* 10000 + [$]PHP_MINOR_VERSION \* 100 + [$]PHP_RELEASE_VERSION`
diff --git a/main/php_version.h b/main/php_version.h
index e4ba15eba9f..331f30a051d 100644
--- a/main/php_version.h
+++ b/main/php_version.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* edit configure.in to change version number */
 #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 5
 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 3
-#define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 19
+#define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 20
 #define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION "5.3.19-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION_ID 50319
+#define PHP_VERSION "5.3.20-dev"
+#define PHP_VERSION_ID 50320