diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index 14e587935..4925bbfe4 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ hide:
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.120.0
+
 There are no major nor breaking changes in this release. ☕️
 
 The internal reference documentation now uses `annotated_doc.Doc` instead of `typing_extensions.Doc`, this adds a new (very small) dependency on [`annotated-doc`](https://github.com/fastapi/annotated-doc), a package made just to provide that `Doc` documentation utility class.
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index a7164d18f..46198eada 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.119.1"
+__version__ = "0.120.0"
 
 from starlette import status as status