diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index d13dcb717efdfd16ad5dd6eb49ab1266560b9b6f..f25c7d0c1a8aeb16ff4c7d558dd875dd24a24471 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+Synapse 1.3.1 (2019-08-17)
+==========================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Drop hard dependency on `sdnotify` python package. ([\#5871](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5871))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix startup issue (hang on ACME provisioning) due to ordering of Twisted reactor startup. Thanks to @chrismoos for supplying the fix. ([\#5867](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5867))
+
+
 Synapse 1.3.0 (2019-08-15)
 ==========================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/5867.bugfix b/changelog.d/5867.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index d68b1527625eeb6d722a4613193fc60cea217c8d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5867.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix startup issue (hang on ACME provisioning) due to ordering of Twisted reactor startup. Thanks to @chrismoos for supplying the fix.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/5871.feature b/changelog.d/5871.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 8805607bf103629f363c145810cbd492b5f25cab..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5871.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Drop hard dependency on `sdnotify` python package.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 83232a0bad7a3e9102c2f211d2ed41cfbffcbf86..76efc442d754ff803b44569421dd2b822d83e084 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.3.1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.3.1.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Sat, 17 Aug 2019 09:15:49 +0100
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.3.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Andrew Morgan ]
   * Remove libsqlite3-dev from required build dependencies.
 
+  [ Synapse Packaging team ]
+  * New synapse release 1.3.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:04:23 +0100
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.2.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Amber Brown ]
@@ -13,9 +24,8 @@ matrix-synapse-py3 (1.2.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Synapse Packaging team ]
   * New synapse release 1.2.0.
-  * New synapse release 1.3.0.
 
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:04:23 +0100
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:10:07 +0100
 
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.1.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 02ae90b0725f2202a5d42adc6bddffb1a3b51e5d..6766ef445c67d0ff76c5fdfe94acd23b8c6c89b0 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.3.0"
+__version__ = "1.3.1"