Prep for 2.20-rc1

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <!-- this is one of few Jackson modules that depends on parent and NOT jackson-bom -->
     <artifactId>jackson-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.20-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.20-rc1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ NOTE: Jackson 3.x components rely on 2.x annotations; there are no separate
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-2.20 (not yet released)
+2.20-rc1 (04-Aug-2025)
 
 #293: Improve duplicate Id with different associated object error message
  (requested by @moutyque)