diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index d859baa9ff5640e2d8a412f45b93d09a9719c39d..d82b30c66c2d7e813473c7e1c92012a2a8655538 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+Synapse 1.19.2 (2020-09-16)
+===========================
+
+Due to the issue below server admins are encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix joining rooms over federation that include malformed events. ([\#8324](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8324))
+
+
 Synapse 1.19.1 (2020-08-27)
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/8324.bugfix b/changelog.d/8324.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 32788a92848c0949a509e995e27ca7f2ae4f7f9f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8324.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix fetching events from remote servers that are malformed.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6676706dea12688c59a395bfec8e8753bf5ce3b7..6d60db6084fb913f8faf6efb042e443d95c6721f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.19.2) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.19.2.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:50:30 +0100
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.19.1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New synapse release 1.19.1.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 1282d19b3c7488f12623c1bbcbb07f9f93f3e97d..078914695af4a1e82a9ba5368c3854ddc8d54880 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.19.1"
+__version__ = "1.19.2"
 
 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