diff --git a/MekHQ/docs/history.txt b/MekHQ/docs/history.txt
index a6f4522cc8..c6081f29ea 100644
--- a/MekHQ/docs/history.txt
+++ b/MekHQ/docs/history.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MEKHQ VERSION HISTORY:
 ---------------
-0.49.20-SNAPSHOT
+0.49.20 (2024-06-28 2100 UTC)
 + PR #4005: Code internals: DialogOptionsListener update
 + PR #2997: Story Arcs Basic Architecture
 + FIX #4017: Space and Low Atmosphere not saved to xml, when started game after load the correct board type was to megamek
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4051eca270..fee110507e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ allprojects {
 
 subprojects {
     group = 'org.megamek'
-    version = '0.49.20-SNAPSHOT'
+    version = '0.49.20'
 }
 
 ext {
@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@ ext {
     mhqGitRoot = 'https://github.com/MegaMek/mekhq.git'
     // Work on MML or MHQ sometimes requires changes in MM as well. The maven publishing tasks use
     // these properties to append the branch name to the artifact id if the repo is not in the master
-    // branch, making it available separately to the child project. 
+    // branch, making it available separately to the child project.
     mhqBranch = grgit.branch.current().name
     mhqBranchTag = mhqBranch.equals('master') ? '' : '-' + mhqBranch
-    
+
     // Allows setting a dependency on a different MM branch.
     mmBranch = 'master'
     mmBranchTag = mmBranch.equals('master') ? '' : '-' + mmBranch
     mmlBranch = 'master'
     mmlBranchTag = mmlBranch.equals('master') ? '' : '-' + mmlBranch
-    
+
     mmDir = "${rootDir}/../megamek"
     mmlDir = "${rootDir}/../megameklab"
 }