diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 9261ccb8..e5c4fde6 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Unreleased
+1.20.5 / 2026-04-24
 ===================
 * refactor(json): simplify strict mode error string construction 
 * fix: extended urlencoded parsing of arrays with >100 elements (#716)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fd954427..a1d16f88 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "body-parser",
   "description": "Node.js body parsing middleware",
-  "version": "1.20.4",
+  "version": "1.20.5",
   "contributors": [
     "Douglas Christopher Wilson <doug@somethingdoug.com>",
     "Jonathan Ong <me@jongleberry.com> (http://jongleberry.com)"