diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 6216b38..71e95ba 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.19.4"
+  ".": "0.20.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 349a6f4..0eb6430 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.20.0](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/compare/v0.19.4...v0.20.0) (2025-05-21)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **extractor:** add external URL support ([23445c1](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/commit/23445c143b3f670bdcd60308e83fbfcf07239f86))
+
+
+### Tests
+
+* use snapshots, also use fixtures for axios errors ([e90c89a](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/commit/e90c89af89347561a8c61ea004ac725674f30aa5))
+
 ## [0.19.4](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/compare/v0.19.3...v0.19.4) (2025-05-21)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9fec6ee..82affe9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "webstreamr",
-  "version": "0.19.4",
+  "version": "0.20.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "webstreamr",
-      "version": "0.19.4",
+      "version": "0.20.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@isaacs/ttlcache": "^1.4.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f87b150..7446010 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "webstreamr",
   "description": "Provides HTTP URLs from streaming websites.",
-  "version": "0.19.4",
+  "version": "0.20.0",
   "type": "commonjs",
   "scripts": {
     "analyse": "tsc --noEmit --project ./tsconfig.dev.json",
diff --git a/src/utils/manifest.ts b/src/utils/manifest.ts
index 0686c64..e68cf85 100644
--- a/src/utils/manifest.ts
+++ b/src/utils/manifest.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { Config, ManifestWithConfig } from '../types';
 export const buildManifest = (handlers: Handler[], config: Config): ManifestWithConfig => {
   const manifest: ManifestWithConfig = {
     id: process.env['MANIFEST_ID'] || 'webstreamr',
-    version: '0.19.4', // x-release-please-version
+    version: '0.20.0', // x-release-please-version
     name: process.env['MANIFEST_NAME'] || 'WebStreamr',
     description: 'Provides HTTP URLs from streaming websites.',
     resources: [