diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b6a41a25df1..4911d4534de 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -198,6 +198,41 @@ Removed.
 - Add dmabuf ops for cuda.
 
 
+v1.20.2, Fri March 29, 2024
+========================
+
+## Core
+
+- configure: Do not check for xpmem if disabled
+- man page fixes
+
+## EFA
+
+- Remove unnecessary check in rdma write.
+- Enable runting for neuron with a different runt size
+- Handle rx pkts error without ope
+- Distinguish unresponsive receiver errors
+- Add `efa_show_help()`
+- Refactor error code definitions
+- Remove error message assertions from CQ unit tests
+- Refactor `efa_strerror()`
+- Doxyfile: Configure tabs to 8 spaces
+- Rename Doxyfile
+
+## SHM
+
+- Revert the smr_region fields adjustment
+- Don't close dmabuf-fd when a request is done
+- Mark send as completed when a message is discarded
+- Print shm name and error code when failed to open
+- Close device_fds for connected peers when the EP is closed
+
+## Fabtests
+
+- Replace strtok with strtok_r
+- Add new exclude file for io_uring tests
+
+
 v1.20.1, Mon Jan 22, 2024
 =========================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 529efa6a5f6..8f821f9d7b6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dnl
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
-AC_INIT([libfabric], [1.21.0rc2], [ofiwg@lists.openfabrics.org])
+AC_INIT([libfabric], [1.21.0], [ofiwg@lists.openfabrics.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/fabric.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR(config)
diff --git a/fabtests/configure.ac b/fabtests/configure.ac
index 653f31e6e07..b4288993076 100644
--- a/fabtests/configure.ac
+++ b/fabtests/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dnl
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
-AC_INIT([fabtests], [1.21.0rc2], [ofiwg@lists.openfabrics.org])
+AC_INIT([fabtests], [1.21.0], [ofiwg@lists.openfabrics.org])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR(config)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
diff --git a/include/windows/config.h b/include/windows/config.h
index 0195873f6ee..b8cbe832a79 100644
--- a/include/windows/config.h
+++ b/include/windows/config.h
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 #define PACKAGE_TARNAME PACKAGE
 
 /* Define to the version of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "1.21.0rc2"
+#define PACKAGE_VERSION "1.21.0"
 
 /* Define to the full name and version of this package. */
 #define PACKAGE_STRING PACKAGE_NAME " " PACKAGE_VERSION