diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 990a0ba..f97dcfc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.20.1
+
+* Close mbtiles file properly when there are no valid features in the input
+
 ## 1.20.0
 
 * Add long options to tippecanoe-decode and tile-join. Add --quiet to tile-join.
diff --git a/version.hpp b/version.hpp
index 5fdfcce..1faf2cf 100644
--- a/version.hpp
+++ b/version.hpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define VERSION "tippecanoe v1.20.0\n"
+#define VERSION "tippecanoe v1.20.1\n"