diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d946e0b0d3..c7205403fb7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 
+# 17.20.0 (2024-12-02)
+
+## What's Changed
+* Update changelog by @ct-sdks in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/763
+* Add option to provide custom auth and api url for spring example project by @lojzatran in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/764
+* Update generated SDKs by @ct-sdks in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/766
+
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/compare/17.19.0...17.20.0
+
 # 17.19.0 (2024-11-21)
 
 ## Important notice
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6e947db23a..f2de45972bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The latest stable SDK release can be retrieved from [Maven Central](https://sear
 ```gradle
 ext {
     versions = [
-        commercetools: "17.19.0"
+        commercetools: "17.20.0"
     ]
 }
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dependencies {
 
 ```maven
 <properties>
-    <commercetools.version>17.19.0</commercetools.version>
+    <commercetools.version>17.20.0</commercetools.version>
 </properties>
 <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/maven-okhttp3/pom.xml b/examples/maven-okhttp3/pom.xml
index 17307801e01..e200e7cede3 100644
--- a/examples/maven-okhttp3/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/maven-okhttp3/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <properties>
-        <commercetools.version>17.19.0</commercetools.version>
+        <commercetools.version>17.20.0</commercetools.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/maven-okhttp4/pom.xml b/examples/maven-okhttp4/pom.xml
index 4ad5a26bbc7..26ca784e8ec 100644
--- a/examples/maven-okhttp4/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/maven-okhttp4/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <properties>
-        <commercetools.version>17.19.0</commercetools.version>
+        <commercetools.version>17.20.0</commercetools.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/spring-datadog-statsd/build.gradle b/examples/spring-datadog-statsd/build.gradle
index f9f960841ec..80f0476f854 100644
--- a/examples/spring-datadog-statsd/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring-datadog-statsd/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ repositories {
 
 ext {
     versions = [
-            commercetools: "17.19.0",
+            commercetools: "17.20.0",
     ]
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/spring-datadog/build.gradle b/examples/spring-datadog/build.gradle
index edf8824b677..81e56385a22 100644
--- a/examples/spring-datadog/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring-datadog/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ repositories {
 
 ext {
     versions = [
-            commercetools: "17.19.0",
+            commercetools: "17.20.0",
     ]
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/spring-newrelic/build.gradle b/examples/spring-newrelic/build.gradle
index 0365d2dc2a5..c7664212baa 100644
--- a/examples/spring-newrelic/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring-newrelic/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ repositories {
 
 ext {
     versions = [
-            commercetools: "17.19.0",
+            commercetools: "17.20.0",
             newrelic: "8.0.1"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/examples/spring-otel/build.gradle b/examples/spring-otel/build.gradle
index 5727a4c095e..0bc9c39c027 100644
--- a/examples/spring-otel/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring-otel/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ repositories {
 
 ext {
     versions = [
-            commercetools: "17.19.0",
+            commercetools: "17.20.0",
     ]
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/spring/build.gradle b/examples/spring/build.gradle
index e6b55727835..d3fdaccd2eb 100644
--- a/examples/spring/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring/build.gradle
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ spotless {
 
 ext {
     versions = [
-        commercetools: "17.19.0",
+        commercetools: "17.20.0",
         newrelic: "7.7.0"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 8e7e044a273..03ab4452627 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#Thu Nov 21 07:38:35 UTC 2024
+#Mon Dec 02 14:13:21 UTC 2024
 kotlinVersion=1.5.30
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m
-version=17.20.0-SNAPSHOT
+version=17.21.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/reference.txt b/reference.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7270b492a6b..00000000000
--- a/reference.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-b747e1fa4f246b748a89bccbfd8a43f5b6f51175