diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 2c7f24487c..5b924e2471 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Synapse 1.37.0 (2021-06-29)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
 Synapse 1.37.0rc1 (2021-06-24)
 ==============================
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e640dadde9..cf190b7dba 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.37.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.37.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:15:25 +0100
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.36.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New synapse release 1.36.0.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 6d1c6d6f72..c865d2e100 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.37.0rc1"
+__version__ = "1.37.0"
 
 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