diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 862524f208..4ef278183c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+Synapse 1.69.0rc3 (2022-10-12)
+==============================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix an issue with Docker images causing the Rust dependencies to not be pinned correctly. ([\#14129](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14129))
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.69.0rc1 which would cause registration replication requests to fail if the worker sending the request is not running Synapse 1.69. ([\#14135](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14135))
+- Fix error in background update when rotating existing notifications. Introduced in v1.69.0rc2. ([\#14138](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14138))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Rename the `url_preview` extra to `url-preview`, for compatability with poetry-core 1.3.0 and [PEP 685](https://peps.python.org/pep-0685/). From-source installations using this extra will need to install using the new name. ([\#14085](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14085))
+
+
 Synapse 1.69.0rc2 (2022-10-06)
 ==============================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/14085.misc b/changelog.d/14085.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d2df70a64..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/14085.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Rename the `url_preview` extra to `url-preview`, for compatability with poetry-core 1.3.0 and [PEP 685](https://peps.python.org/pep-0685/). From-source installations using this extra will need to install using the new name.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14129.bugfix b/changelog.d/14129.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c016c0c4a..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/14129.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix an issue with Docker images causing the Rust dependencies to not be pinned correctly.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14135.bugfix b/changelog.d/14135.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d1d7816e8..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/14135.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.69.0rc1 which would cause registration replication requests to fail if the worker sending the request is not running Synapse 1.69.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14138.bugfix b/changelog.d/14138.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index e2a2f3509e..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/14138.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix error in background update when rotating existing notifications. Introduced in v1.69.0rc2.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b228ef35fc..e2c3a64f40 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.69.0~rc3) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New Synapse release 1.69.0rc3.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Wed, 12 Oct 2022 13:24:04 +0100
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.69.0~rc2) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New Synapse release 1.69.0rc2.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 81b2659eb1..0b1eab634e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ manifest-path = "rust/Cargo.toml"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "matrix-synapse"
-version = "1.69.0rc2"
+version = "1.69.0rc3"
 description = "Homeserver for the Matrix decentralised comms protocol"
 authors = ["Matrix.org Team and Contributors <packages@matrix.org>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"