diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7dbe072fe..45008995e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Synapse 1.13.0rc3 (2020-05-18)
+==============================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Hash passwords as early as possible during registration. ([\#7523](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7523))
+
+
 Synapse 1.13.0rc2 (2020-05-14)
 ==============================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/7523.bugfix b/changelog.d/7523.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 552dae39f..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/7523.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Hash passwords as early as possible during registration.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 977e26a04..6b26c5e87 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.13.0rc2"
+__version__ = "1.13.0rc3"
 
 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