diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 18ffcea4cd..9ba930e729 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
+Synapse 1.12.0 (2020-03-23)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
 Synapse 1.12.0rc1 (2020-03-19)
 ==============================
 
 Features
 --------
 
-- Changes related to room alias management ([MSC2432](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2432):
+- Changes related to room alias management ([MSC2432](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2432)):
   - Publishing/removing a room from the room directory now requires the user to have a power level capable of modifying the canonical alias, instead of the room aliases. ([\#6965](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6965))
-  - Validate the alt_aliases property of canonical alias events. ([\#6971](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6971))
+  - Validate the `alt_aliases` property of canonical alias events. ([\#6971](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6971))
   - Users with a power level sufficient to modify the canonical alias of a room can now delete room aliases. ([\#6986](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6986))
   - Implement updated authorization rules and redaction rules for aliases events, from [MSC2261](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2261) and [MSC2432](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2432). ([\#7037](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7037))
   - Stop sending m.room.aliases events during room creation and upgrade. ([\#6941](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6941))
-  - Synapse no longer uses room alias events to calculate room names for email notifications. ([\#6966](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6966))
+  - Synapse no longer uses room alias events to calculate room names for push notifications. ([\#6966](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6966))
   - The room list endpoint no longer returns a list of aliases. ([\#6970](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6970))
   - Remove special handling of aliases events from [MSC2260](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2260) added in v1.10.0rc1. ([\#7034](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7034))
 - Expose the `synctl`, `hash_password` and `generate_config` commands in the snapcraft package. Contributed by @devec0. ([\#6315](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6315))
@@ -43,13 +49,14 @@ Improved Documentation
 
 - Updated CentOS8 install instructions. Contributed by Richard Kellner. ([\#6925](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6925))
 - Fix `POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS` in the `contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml` example docker-compose configuration. ([\#6984](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6984))
+- Change date in [INSTALL.md](./INSTALL.md#tls-certificates) for last date of getting TLS certificates to November 2019. ([\#7015](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7015))
 - Document that the fallback auth endpoints must be routed to the same worker node as the register endpoints. ([\#7048](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7048))
 
 
 Deprecations and Removals
 -------------------------
 
-- Remove the unused query_auth federation endpoint per MSC2451. ([\#7026](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7026))
+- Remove the unused query_auth federation endpoint per [MSC2451](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2451). ([\#7026](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7026))
 
 
 Internal Changes
@@ -69,7 +76,6 @@ Internal Changes
 - Add some type annotations to the database storage classes. ([\#6987](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6987))
 - Port `synapse.handlers.presence` to async/await. ([\#6991](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6991), [\#7019](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7019))
 - Add some type annotations to the federation base & client classes. ([\#6995](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6995))
-- Change date in [INSTALL.md#tls-certificates] for last date of getting TLS certificates to November 2019. ([\#7015](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7015))
 - Port `synapse.rest.keys` to async/await. ([\#7020](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7020))
 - Add a type check to `is_verified` when processing room keys. ([\#7045](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7045))
 - Add type annotations and comments to the auth handler. ([\#7063](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7063))
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c39ea8f47f..39ec9da7ab 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.12.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.12.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:13:03 +0000
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.11.1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New synapse release 1.11.1.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 020e0536be..5b86008945 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.12.0rc1"
+__version__ = "1.12.0"
 
 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