diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 58973d2a5d..39af62bdfe 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Synapse 1.22.0 (2020-10-30)
+Synapse 1.22.1 (2020-10-30)
 ===========================
 
 Bugfixes
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 35a82c0bfe..3e1df2b035 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.22.0"
+__version__ = "1.22.1"
 
 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