diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 project(bitcoin-abc
-	VERSION 0.20.8
+	VERSION 0.20.9
 	DESCRIPTION "Bitcoin ABC is a full node implementation of the Bitcoin Cash protocol."
 	HOMEPAGE_URL "https://www.bitcoinabc.org"
 )
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 20)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 8)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 9)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2019)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS,[The %s developers])
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -1,36 +1,5 @@
-Bitcoin ABC version 0.20.8 is now available from:
+Bitcoin ABC version 0.20.9 is now available from:
 
-  <https://download.bitcoinabc.org/0.20.8/>
+  <https://download.bitcoinabc.org/0.20.9/>
 
 This release includes the following features and fixes:
- - When running bitcoind without `-daemon`, logging to stdout is now the 
-   default behavior. Setting `-printtoconsole=1` no longer implicitly disables
-   logging to debug.log. Instead, logging to file can be explicitly disabled by
-   setting `-debuglogfile=0`.
- - `getlabeladdress` has been removed and replaced with `getaccountaddress`
-   until v0.21 at which time `getaccountaddress` will also be removed.  To
-   use `getaccountaddress` start `bitcoind` with the `-deprecatedrpc=accounts`
-   option.  See the v0.20.6 release notes for more details.
-
-Network
--------
- - When fetching a transaction announced by multiple peers, previous versions of
-   Bitcoin ABC would sequentially attempt to download the transaction from each
-   announcing peer until the transaction is received, in the order that those
-   peers' announcements were received.  In this release, the download logic has
-   changed to randomize the fetch order across peers and to prefer sending
-   download requests to outbound peers over inbound peers. This fixes an issue
-   where inbound peers can prevent a node from getting a transaction.
-
-Seeder
-------
- - `bitcoin-seeder` no longer takes single letter parameter names.  Please use
-   the full length parameter names.  See `bitcoin-seeder -?` for more
-   information.
- - If the `-?`, `-h`, or `-help` options are used, `bitcoin-seeder` will now
-   output its help message and then cease operation.
- - `bitcoin-seeder` can now be run on `regtest` using `-regtest`.  See
-   `bitcoin-seeder -? --help-debug` for more information about the `-regtest`
-   option.
- - If options are given to `bitcoin-seeder` that are not recognizable it will
-   output an error and then cease operation.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.20.8.md
copy from doc/release-notes.md
copy to doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.20.8.md