diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b3b22b6d14..c373b2a846 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
-Synapse 1.69.0rc4 (2022-10-14)
-==============================
+Synapse 1.69.0 (2022-10-17)
+===========================
 
 Please note that legacy Prometheus metric names are now deprecated and will be removed in Synapse 1.73.0.
 Server administrators should update their dashboards and alerting rules to avoid using the deprecated metric names.
 See the [upgrade notes](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.69/upgrade.html#upgrading-to-v1690) for more details.
 
 
+No significant changes since 1.69.0rc4.
+
+
+Synapse 1.69.0rc4 (2022-10-14)
+==============================
+
 Bugfixes
 --------
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1a84b8cd51..f1de7b15d5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.69.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New Synapse release 1.69.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Mon, 17 Oct 2022 11:31:03 +0100
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.69.0~rc4) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New Synapse release 1.69.0rc4.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 61f876ee59..5eab8d24f5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ manifest-path = "rust/Cargo.toml"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "matrix-synapse"
-version = "1.69.0rc4"
+version = "1.69.0"
 description = "Homeserver for the Matrix decentralised comms protocol"
 authors = ["Matrix.org Team and Contributors <packages@matrix.org>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"