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Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:48:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(master): release 3.20.0

---
 Changelog.md      | 14 ++++++++++++++
 package-lock.json |  4 ++--
 package.json      |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 31deb23870..49e5f864a4 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.20.0](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/compare/v3.19.1...v3.20.0) (2026-03-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add TracingChannel support for native APM instrumentation ([#4178](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/issues/4178)) ([c06afc2](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/c06afc254d3201b65c644b6cfc03f54e1edc5114))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* explicitly specify  in auth plugins ([#4175](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/issues/4175)) ([#4187](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/issues/4187)) ([5ac5563](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/5ac5563c8c7d59da358e3f4ddbde2921eb5e0741))
+* prevent double release from corrupting the connection pool ([#4186](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/issues/4186)) ([7e57db6](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/7e57db62f47b8bb968c15fb1ba0402927d47015a))
+* restore `PoolConnection` as subclass of `Connection` ([#4183](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/issues/4183)) ([97855a6](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/commit/97855a603d9e5472c292d732af68ca6aa8cc350d))
+
 ## [3.19.1](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/compare/v3.19.0...v3.19.1) (2026-03-09)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 72768fdb72..d4aaec0d74 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mysql2",
-  "version": "3.19.1",
+  "version": "3.20.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mysql2",
-      "version": "3.19.1",
+      "version": "3.20.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "aws-ssl-profiles": "^1.1.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 837b2c4fd6..dd84292d1b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mysql2",
-  "version": "3.19.1",
+  "version": "3.20.0",
   "description": "fast mysql driver. Implements core protocol, prepared statements, ssl and compression in native JS",
   "main": "index.js",
   "typings": "typings/mysql/index",