diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index a2c8232be1..06a9a79bed 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Synapse 1.19.0 (2020-08-17)
+===========================
+
+Synapse 1.19.0 is identical to Synapse 1.19.0rc1.
+
+
 Synapse 1.19.0rc1 (2020-08-13)
 ==============================
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a0af2b78a8..bdaf59e9b9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.xx.0) stable; urgency=medium
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.19.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Synapse Packaging team ]
-  * New synapse release 1.xx.0.
+  * New synapse release 1.19.0.
 
   [ Aaron Raimist ]
   * Fix outdated documentation for SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR
 
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  XXXXX
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Mon, 17 Aug 2020 14:06:42 +0100
 
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.18.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 832a8e2014..f493cbd7d1 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.19.0rc1"
+__version__ = "1.19.0"
 
 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