diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 6bdfdd6d70..d1c9ea0e1a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-Synapse 0.99.5.1 (2019-05-22)
-=============================
-
-No significant changes.
-
-
 Synapse 0.99.5 (2019-05-22)
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 90c6b86c5b..e148c32728 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-matrix-synapse-py3 (0.99.5.1) stable; urgency=medium
+matrix-synapse-py3 (0.99.5) stable; urgency=medium
 
-  * New synapse release 0.99.5.1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Wed, 22 May 2019 16:22:24 +0000
+  * New synapse release 0.99.5.
 
 matrix-synapse-py3 (0.99.4) stable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 4f95778eea..d66d2411a1 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "0.99.5.1"
+__version__ = "0.99.5"