diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index c83a6afbcd059658da04dd0190076e7e2d7e833e..e4c12196e03905f703b625e5e8480760c2b0590e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Synapse 1.7.0 (2019-12-13)
+==========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
 Synapse 1.7.0rc2 (2019-12-11)
 =============================
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b8a43788ef5e61b45cdd38aecad00fcd52c231cd..bd43feb32139499b514f64e1df795d1441421bbc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.7.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.7.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:19:38 +0000
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.6.1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New synapse release 1.6.1.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index fc2a6e4ee61ac48c17bcf061307d8fe57f94c317..d3cf7b3d7b7df014b15e9ee18474a0c6b6ba1d00 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.7.0rc2"
+__version__ = "1.7.0"
 
 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