diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index be3dc37137..d655723326 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Synapse 1.2.0 (2019-07-25)
+==========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
 Synapse 1.2.0rc2 (2019-07-24)
 =============================
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8aba444f1d..aafdd1cde2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.1.0-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.2.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Amber Brown ]
   * Update logging config defaults to match API changes in Synapse.
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ matrix-synapse-py3 (1.1.0-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ Richard van der Hoff ]
   * Add Recommends and Depends for some libraries which you probably want.
 
- -- Erik Johnston <erikj@rae>  Thu, 04 Jul 2019 13:59:02 +0100
+  [ Synapse Packaging team ]
+  * New synapse release 1.2.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:10:07 +0100
 
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.1.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index ca14545e4d..3435de4e2f 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.2.0rc2"
+__version__ = "1.2.0"