diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c559c05f..81c8b5a0 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
 ## (current master)
 - All new development should target Julia 1.x!
 
+## 0.20.3
+- implement guide position in gr, pyplot and pgfplots
+- inspectdr fixes
+- default appveyor
+- rudimentary missings support
+- deprecation fixes for PGFPlots
+
 ## 0.20.0
 Many updates, min julia 1.0
 - change display type to use PlotsDisplay (fixes Juno integration)
diff --git a/test/imgcomp.jl b/test/imgcomp.jl
index 1145f272..f52e5a38 100644
--- a/test/imgcomp.jl
+++ b/test/imgcomp.jl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ default(size=(500,300))
 # TODO: use julia's Condition type and the wait() and notify() functions to initialize a Window, then wait() on a condition that
 #       is referenced in a button press callback (the button clicked callback will call notify() on that condition)
 
-const _current_plots_version = v"0.17.4"
+const _current_plots_version = v"0.20.3"
 
 
 function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = isinteractive(), sigma = [1,1], tol = 1e-2)