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 Changelog
 =========
 
+Changes in Version 4.20.1 (2026/XX/XX)
+--------------------------------------
+
+Version 4.20.1 is a bug fix release.
+
+Bug fixes
+.........
+
+- Fixed a bug where ``getMore`` commands in load-balanced mode were not
+  retried when the server returned a retryable overload error
+  (`PYTHON-6262`_).
+
+.. _PYTHON-6262: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PYTHON-6262
+
 Changes in Version 4.20.0 (2026/11/12)
 --------------------------------------
 
@@ -52,9 +66,6 @@ Bug fixes
 - Fixed undefined behavior in the C extension's BSON buffer growth: growing
   an encode buffer past 1GiB doubled a signed integer past its limit.
   Over-limit encodes still raise ``ValueError`` (`PYTHON-6252`_).
-- Fixed a bug where ``getMore`` commands in load-balanced mode were not
-  retried when the server returned a retryable overload error
-  (`PYTHON-6262`_).
 
 .. _PYTHON-5929: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PYTHON-5929
 .. _PYTHON-5959: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PYTHON-5959
@@ -65,7 +76,6 @@ Bug fixes
 .. _PYTHON-6182: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PYTHON-6182
 .. _PYTHON-6226: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PYTHON-6226
 .. _PYTHON-6252: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PYTHON-6252
-.. _PYTHON-6262: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/PYTHON-6262
 
 Issues Resolved
 ...............