diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index c42a18cbff..6d42b38663 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Synapse 1.61.0 (2022-06-14)
+===========================
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Mention removed community/group worker endpoints in upgrade.md. Contributed by @olmari. ([\#13023](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13023))
+
+
 Synapse 1.61.0rc1 (2022-06-07)
 ==============================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/13023.doc b/changelog.d/13023.doc
deleted file mode 100644
index 5589c7492c..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/13023.doc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Mention removed community/group worker endpoints in upgrade.md. Contributed by @olmari.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9591334c58..753a03065a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.61.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New Synapse release 1.61.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 14 Jun 2022 11:44:19 +0100
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.61.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * Remove unused `jitsimeetbridge` experiment from `contrib` directory.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1934174b82..8b21bdc837 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ skip_gitignore = true
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "matrix-synapse"
-version = "1.61.0rc1"
+version = "1.61.0"
 description = "Homeserver for the Matrix decentralised comms protocol"
 authors = ["Matrix.org Team and Contributors <packages@matrix.org>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"