diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 406d7de7e3..3a522f8518 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
+Synapse 1.22.0 (2020-10-27)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
 Synapse 1.22.0rc2 (2020-10-26)
 ==============================
 
 Bugfixes
 --------
 
-- Fix a bug introduced in v1.22.0rc1 which would cause ephemeral events to not be sent to appservices. ([\#8648](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8648))
-- Fix `user_daily_visits` to not have duplicate rows for UA. Broke in v1.22.0rc1. ([\#8654](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8654))
-- Fix a bug introduced in v1.22.0rc1 where presence events were not properly passed to application services. ([\#8656](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8656))
-
+- Fix bugs where ephemeral events were not sent to appservices. Broke in v1.22.0rc1. ([\#8648](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8648), [\#8656](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8656))
+- Fix `user_daily_visits` table to not have duplicate rows per user/device due to multiple user agents. Broke in v1.22.0rc1. ([\#8654](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8654))
 
 Synapse 1.22.0rc1 (2020-10-22)
 ==============================
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8d873a4845..40f02443f9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.22.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.22.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:07:12 +0000
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.21.2) stable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Synapse Packaging team ]
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 24a5815447..35a82c0bfe 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.22.0rc2"
+__version__ = "1.22.0"
 
 if bool(os.environ.get("SYNAPSE_TEST_PATCH_LOG_CONTEXTS", False)):
     # We import here so that we don't have to install a bunch of deps when