diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index e3550497a..9ba930e72 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Synapse 1.12.0 (2020-03-23)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
 Synapse 1.12.0rc1 (2020-03-19)
 ==============================
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c39ea8f47..39ec9da7a 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 020e0536b..5b8600894 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