diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index d438c5272a..c59b139eae 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+Synapse 1.5.0rc2 (2019-10-28)
+=============================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Update list of boolean columns in `synapse_port_db`. ([\#6247](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6247))
+- Fix /keys/query API on workers. ([\#6256](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6256))
+- Improve signature checking on some federation APIs. ([\#6262](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6262))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Move schema delta files to the correct data store. ([\#6248](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6248))
+- Small performance improvement by removing repeated config lookups in room stats calculation. ([\#6255](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6255))
+
+
 Synapse 1.5.0rc1 (2019-10-24)
 ==========================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/6247.bugfix b/changelog.d/6247.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3122ba0bde..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/6247.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update list of boolean columns in `synapse_port_db`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6248.misc b/changelog.d/6248.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 97176bcfc7..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/6248.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Move schema delta files to the correct data store.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6255.misc b/changelog.d/6255.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 45bc493648..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/6255.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Small performance improvement by removing repeated config lookups in room stats calculation.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6256.bugfix b/changelog.d/6256.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b619f8cf8..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/6256.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix /keys/query API on workers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6262.bugfix b/changelog.d/6262.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 32687f0d2b..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/6262.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve signature checking on some federation APIs.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index bcc2f8c049..d0f92ffbf3 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.5.0rc1"
+__version__ = "1.5.0rc2"
 
 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