diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index c59b139eae..6faa4b8dce 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+Synapse 1.5.0 (2019-10-29)
+==========================
+
+Security updates
+----------------
+
+This release includes a security fix ([\#6262](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6262), below). Administrators are encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix bug where room directory search was case sensitive. ([\#6268](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6268))
+
+
 Synapse 1.5.0rc2 (2019-10-28)
 =============================
 
@@ -19,13 +33,6 @@ Internal Changes
 Synapse 1.5.0rc1 (2019-10-24)
 ==========================
 
-This release includes a database migration step **which may take a long time to complete**:
-
-- Allow devices to be marked as hidden, for use by features such as cross-signing.
-  This adds a new field with a default value to the devices field in the database,
-  and so the database upgrade may take a long time depending on how many devices
-  are in the database. ([\#5759](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5759))
-
 Features
 --------
 
@@ -69,6 +76,10 @@ Internal Changes
 ----------------
 
 - Update `user_filters` table to have a unique index, and non-null columns. Thanks to @pik for contributing this. ([\#1172](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/1172), [\#6175](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6175), [\#6184](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6184))
+- Allow devices to be marked as hidden, for use by features such as cross-signing.
+  This adds a new field with a default value to the devices field in the database,
+  and so the database upgrade may take a long time depending on how many devices
+  are in the database. ([\#5759](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5759))
 - Move lookup-related functions from RoomMemberHandler to IdentityHandler. ([\#5978](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5978))
 - Improve performance of the public room list directory. ([\#6019](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6019), [\#6152](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6152), [\#6153](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6153), [\#6154](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6154))
 - Edit header dicts docstrings in `SimpleHttpClient` to note that `str` or `bytes` can be passed as header keys. ([\#6077](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6077))
diff --git a/changelog.d/6268.bugfix b/changelog.d/6268.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index a4bebec1c7..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/6268.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix bug where room directory search was case sensitive.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 02f2b508c2..acda7e5c63 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.5.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.5.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:28:41 +0000
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.4.1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New synapse release 1.4.1.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index d0f92ffbf3..8587ffa76f 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.5.0rc2"
+__version__ = "1.5.0"
 
 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