Prep for 2.20.0-rc1

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-        <version>2.20.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.20.0-rc1</version>
     </parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-module-kotlin</artifactId>

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Co-maintainers:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.20.0 (not yet released)
+2.20.0-rc1 (04-Aug-2025)
+
 #1025: When a null is entered for a non-null parameter, the KotlinInvalidNullException is now thrown instead of the
   deprecated MissingKotlinParameterException.
   The new exception is a subclass of InvalidNullException.