diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5d3592f38..b5eef76b2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ dnl
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to create configure.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT([xorg-server], 1.20.8, [https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/issues], xorg-server)
-RELEASE_DATE="2020-03-29"
+AC_INIT([xorg-server], 1.20.9, [https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/issues], xorg-server)
+RELEASE_DATE="2020-08-25"
 RELEASE_NAME="Chicken Parmigiana"
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Makefile.am])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c01560e3c..c7cf31cd9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project('xserver', 'c',
             'buildtype=debugoptimized',
             'c_std=gnu99',
         ],
-        version: '1.20.8',
+        version: '1.20.9',
         meson_version: '>= 0.42.0',
 )
 add_project_arguments('-DHAVE_DIX_CONFIG_H', language: 'c')