diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index fb07650c2..14b19bb4b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Synapse 1.26.0 (2021-01-27)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
 Synapse 1.26.0rc2 (2021-01-25)
 ==============================
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 3cd682f9e..93601dbad 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.26.0rc2"
+__version__ = "1.26.0"
 
 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