diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0fc1811f0..e50d21c52 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+github-backup-utils (2.20.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix `ghe-backup-repositories` performance for large instances #541
+
+ -- Alejandro Figueroa <thejandroman@github.com>  Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:36:18 +0000
+
 github-backup-utils (2.19.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Cater for more explicit gist paths used in routes file #524
diff --git a/script/cibuild b/script/cibuild
index b68f5c539..251b4e47b 100755
--- a/script/cibuild
+++ b/script/cibuild
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -e
 # place with this version at the beginning of each test and many commands have
 # conditional logic based on the remote version. Running the suite against
 # different major versions ensures we're covering these conditional paths.
-REMOTE_VERSIONS="2.17.0 2.19.0"
+REMOTE_VERSIONS="2.17.0 2.20.0"
 
 # Enable verbose logging of ssh commands
 export GHE_VERBOSE_SSH=true
diff --git a/share/github-backup-utils/version b/share/github-backup-utils/version
index b8e248f40..7329e21c3 100644
--- a/share/github-backup-utils/version
+++ b/share/github-backup-utils/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.19.1
+2.20.0
diff --git a/test/testlib.sh b/test/testlib.sh
index c8182b911..a5933cc9d 100644
--- a/test/testlib.sh
+++ b/test/testlib.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export GHE_BACKUP_CONFIG GHE_DATA_DIR GHE_REMOTE_DATA_DIR GHE_REMOTE_ROOT_DIR
 
 # The default remote appliance version. This may be set in the environment prior
 # to invoking tests to emulate a different remote vm version.
-: ${GHE_TEST_REMOTE_VERSION:=2.19.0}
+: ${GHE_TEST_REMOTE_VERSION:=2.20.0}
 export GHE_TEST_REMOTE_VERSION
 
 # Source in the backup config and set GHE_REMOTE_XXX variables based on the