diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index aade896bd5ec06b8cbb71bad4fc656644caeaa32..de869001b359b98ed0be255d7ccfa55f816f86d9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+Synapse 1.20.0rc5 (2020-09-18)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Add flags to the `/versions` endpoint that includes whether new rooms default to using E2EE. ([\#8343](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8343))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix ratelimitng of federation `/send` requests. ([\#8342](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8342))
+- Fix a longstanding bug where back pagination over federation could get stuck if it failed to handle a received event. ([\#8349](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8349))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Blacklist [MSC2753](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2753) SyTests until it is implemented. ([\#8285](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8285))
+
+
 Synapse 1.19.3 (2020-09-18)
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/8285.misc b/changelog.d/8285.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 4646664ba1c8777007dfa975aac33e11b87d7e57..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8285.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Blacklist [MSC2753](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2753) SyTests until it is implemented.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/8342.bugfix b/changelog.d/8342.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 786057facb44d2193836614df2d5825408de80ac..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8342.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix ratelimitng of federation `/send` requests.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8343.feature b/changelog.d/8343.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index ccecb22f37f4b87fde7a9e3d5efb2b66f7d6e37f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8343.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add flags to the `/versions` endpoint that includes whether new rooms default to using E2EE.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8349.bugfix b/changelog.d/8349.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index cf2f531b1487f7b0d9bcaa8aa835ebf94c1e5919..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8349.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a longstanding bug where back pagination over federation could get stuck if it failed to handle a received event.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 6b11c5681bee41ce28ad551f3758a0395182d11b..a95753dcc741f555dcf46de353f15dab112f07c3 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.20.0rc4"
+__version__ = "1.20.0rc5"
 
 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