From 2d4fa1426775a200b3987b35bfb057eff7e1c336 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: OpenFeature Bot <109696520+openfeaturebot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:44:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 1.20.0

Signed-off-by: OpenFeature Bot <109696520+openfeaturebot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 README.md                     |  8 ++++----
 pom.xml                       |  2 +-
 version.txt                   |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0326aeb19..2d2b6b2ef 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{".":"1.19.2"}
+{".":"1.20.0"}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac251c3cf..77931bda8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.20.0](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/compare/v1.19.2...v1.20.0) (2025-12-11)
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* .equals false for equivalent contexts ([#1768](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/issues/1768))" ([ae69411](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/commit/ae6941122e5dcc6bbfc816a12d0879c14c6d49ab))
+* **deps:** update dependency io.cucumber:cucumber-bom to v7.33.0 ([#1769](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/issues/1769)) ([a0305f9](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/commit/a0305f965e262022701e09ae59bb20e9be5c0e4c))
+
+
+### ✨ New Features
+
+* all executors now create daemon threads to reduce shutdown time ([#1715](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/issues/1715)) ([0c30896](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/commit/0c308968826f2a45fed492b115ecbb84a17f0765))
+* equivalent EvaluationContext impls are .equal ([#1771](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/issues/1771)) ([ae69411](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/commit/ae6941122e5dcc6bbfc816a12d0879c14c6d49ab))
+
+
+### 🧹 Chore
+
+* **deps:** update codecov/codecov-action action to v5.5.2 ([#1773](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/issues/1773)) ([46aa311](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/commit/46aa311a8caab33e66eddd1cb40c11cadd0cf8ca))
+* **deps:** update dependency org.mockito:mockito-core to v5.21.0 ([#1774](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/issues/1774)) ([3e18496](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/commit/3e184962d6fa7bc70406abb6ed48d9d0eb9540d2))
+* **deps:** update github/codeql-action digest to 1b0b941 ([#1775](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/issues/1775)) ([6d028f0](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/commit/6d028f06831dbdb916981752d946c601dff81d42))
+* **deps:** update github/codeql-action digest to c43362b ([#1772](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/issues/1772)) ([2a37f46](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/commit/2a37f46e9638a966e71eb30a9b5a7504faf0d817))
+
 ## [1.19.2](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/compare/v1.19.1...v1.19.2) (2025-12-08)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a8f93aa2..948640f71 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
   </a>
   <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
-  <a href="https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/releases/tag/v1.19.2">
-    <img alt="Release" src="https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=release&message=v1.19.2&color=blue&style=for-the-badge" />
+  <a href="https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk/releases/tag/v1.20.0">
+    <img alt="Release" src="https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=release&message=v1.20.0&color=blue&style=for-the-badge" />
   </a>  
 
   <!-- x-release-please-end -->
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Note that this library is intended to be used in server-side contexts and has no
 <dependency>
     <groupId>dev.openfeature</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>1.19.2</version>
+    <version>1.20.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end-version -->
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ If you would like snapshot builds, this is the relevant repository information:
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'dev.openfeature:sdk:1.19.2'
+    implementation 'dev.openfeature:sdk:1.20.0'
 }
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end-version -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7469c8506..cadd69c15 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>dev.openfeature</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>1.19.2</version> <!--x-release-please-version -->
+    <version>1.20.0</version> <!--x-release-please-version -->
 
     <properties>
         <toolchain.jdk.version>[17,)</toolchain.jdk.version>
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 836ae4eda..398935591 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.19.2
+1.20.0