diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 0bce84f4001b..37b650a84841 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Synapse 1.10.1 (2020-02-17)
+===========================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.10.0 which would cause room state to be cleared in the database if Synapse was upgraded direct from 1.2.1 or earlier to 1.10.0. ([\#6924](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6924))
+
+
 Synapse 1.10.0 (2020-02-12)
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/6924.bugfix b/changelog.d/6924.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 33e66119298e..000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/6924.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.10.0 which would cause room state to be cleared in the database if Synapse was upgraded direct from 1.2.1 or earlier to 1.10.0.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index cdc3b1a5c2dc..90314d36af4c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.10.1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.10.1.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Mon, 17 Feb 2020 16:27:28 +0000
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.10.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New synapse release 1.10.0.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 9d285fca3889..8313f177d24b 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.10.0"
+__version__ = "1.10.1"
 
 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