diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index a4c3ce31a..a299110a6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,76 @@
+Synapse 0.33.2 (2018-08-09)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.2rc1 (2018-08-07)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- add support for the lazy_loaded_members filter as per MSC1227 ([\#2970](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/2970))
+- add support for the include_redundant_members filter param as per MSC1227 ([\#3331](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3331))
+- Add metrics to track resource usage by background processes ([\#3553](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3553), [\#3556](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3556), [\#3604](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3604), [\#3610](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3610))
+- Add `code` label to `synapse_http_server_response_time_seconds` prometheus metric ([\#3554](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3554))
+- Add support for client_reader to handle more APIs ([\#3555](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3555), [\#3597](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3597))
+- make the /context API filter & lazy-load aware as per MSC1227 ([\#3567](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3567))
+- Add ability to limit number of monthly active users on the server ([\#3630](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3630))
+- When we fail to join a room over federation, pass the error code back to the client. ([\#3639](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3639))
+- Add a new /admin/register API for non-interactively creating users. ([\#3415](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3415))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Make /directory/list API return 404 for room not found instead of 400 ([\#2952](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/2952))
+- Default inviter_display_name to mxid for email invites ([\#3391](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3391))
+- Don't generate TURN credentials if no TURN config options are set ([\#3514](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3514))
+- Correctly announce deleted devices over federation ([\#3520](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3520))
+- Catch failures saving metrics captured by Measure, and instead log the faulty metrics information for further analysis. ([\#3548](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3548))
+- Unicode passwords are now normalised before hashing, preventing the instance where two different devices or browsers might send a different UTF-8 sequence for the password. ([\#3569](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3569))
+- Fix potential stack overflow and deadlock under heavy load ([\#3570](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3570))
+- Respond with M_NOT_FOUND when profiles are not found locally or over federation. Fixes #3585 ([\#3585](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3585))
+- Fix failure to persist events over federation under load ([\#3601](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3601))
+- Fix updating of cached remote profiles ([\#3605](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3605))
+- Fix 'tuple index out of range' error ([\#3607](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3607))
+- Only import secrets when available (fix for py < 3.6) ([\#3626](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3626))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Remove redundant checks on who_forgot_in_room ([\#3350](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3350))
+- Remove unnecessary event re-signing hacks ([\#3367](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3367))
+- Rewrite cache list decorator ([\#3384](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3384))
+- Move v1-only REST APIs into their own module. ([\#3460](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3460))
+- Replace more instances of Python 2-only iteritems and itervalues uses. ([\#3562](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3562))
+- Refactor EventContext to accept state during init ([\#3577](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3577))
+- Improve Dockerfile and docker-compose instructions ([\#3543](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3543))
+- Release notes are now in the Markdown format. ([\#3552](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3552))
+- add config for pep8 ([\#3559](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3559))
+- Merge Linearizer and Limiter ([\#3571](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3571), [\#3572](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3572))
+- Lazily load state on master process when using workers to reduce DB consumption ([\#3579](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3579), [\#3581](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3581), [\#3582](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3582), [\#3584](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3584))
+- Fixes and optimisations for resolve_state_groups ([\#3586](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3586))
+- Improve logging for exceptions when handling PDUs ([\#3587](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3587))
+- Add some measure blocks to persist_events ([\#3590](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3590))
+- Fix some random logcontext leaks. ([\#3591](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3591), [\#3606](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3606))
+- Speed up calculating state deltas in persist_event loop ([\#3592](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3592))
+- Attempt to reduce amount of state pulled out of DB during persist_events ([\#3595](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3595))
+- Fix a documentation typo in on_make_leave_request ([\#3609](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3609))
+- Make EventStore inherit from EventFederationStore ([\#3612](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3612))
+- Remove some redundant joins on event_edges.room_id ([\#3613](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3613))
+- Stop populating events.content ([\#3614](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3614))
+- Update the /send_leave path registration to use event_id rather than a transaction ID. ([\#3616](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3616))
+- Refactor FederationHandler to move DB writes into separate functions ([\#3621](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3621))
+- Remove unused field "pdu_failures" from transactions. ([\#3628](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3628))
+- rename replication_layer to federation_client ([\#3634](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3634))
+- Factor out exception handling in federation_client ([\#3638](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3638))
+- Refactor location of docker build script. ([\#3644](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3644))
+- Update CONTRIBUTING to mention newsfragments. ([\#3645](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3645))
+
+
 Synapse 0.33.1 (2018-08-02)
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/2952.bugfix b/changelog.d/2952.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 07a3e4830..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/2952.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Make /directory/list API return 404 for room not found instead of 400
diff --git a/changelog.d/2970.feature b/changelog.d/2970.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 5eb928563..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/2970.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-add support for the lazy_loaded_members filter as per MSC1227
diff --git a/changelog.d/3331.feature b/changelog.d/3331.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index e574b9bcc..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3331.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-add support for the include_redundant_members filter param as per MSC1227
diff --git a/changelog.d/3350.misc b/changelog.d/3350.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 3713cd6d6..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3350.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove redundant checks on who_forgot_in_room
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/3367.misc b/changelog.d/3367.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f21ddea4..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3367.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove unnecessary event re-signing hacks
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/3384.misc b/changelog.d/3384.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d56c876d..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3384.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Rewrite cache list decorator
diff --git a/changelog.d/3391.bugfix b/changelog.d/3391.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 88eeb50df..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3391.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Default inviter_display_name to mxid for email invites
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/3415.misc b/changelog.d/3415.misc
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index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/changelog.d/3460.misc b/changelog.d/3460.misc
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index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/changelog.d/3514.bugfix b/changelog.d/3514.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 460fe24ac..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3514.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Don't generate TURN credentials if no TURN config options are set
diff --git a/changelog.d/3520.bugfix b/changelog.d/3520.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9278cb370..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3520.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Correctly announce deleted devices over federation
diff --git a/changelog.d/3543.misc b/changelog.d/3543.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index d231d1774..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3543.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve Dockerfile and docker-compose instructions
diff --git a/changelog.d/3548.bugfix b/changelog.d/3548.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 38dc3b123..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3548.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Catch failures saving metrics captured by Measure, and instead log the faulty metrics information for further analysis.
diff --git a/changelog.d/3552.misc b/changelog.d/3552.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 709c3282b..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3552.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Release notes are now in the Markdown format.
diff --git a/changelog.d/3553.feature b/changelog.d/3553.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 77a294cb9..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3553.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add metrics to track resource usage by background processes
diff --git a/changelog.d/3554.feature b/changelog.d/3554.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index b00397872..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3554.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add `code` label to `synapse_http_server_response_time_seconds` prometheus metric
diff --git a/changelog.d/3555.feature b/changelog.d/3555.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index ea4a85e0a..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3555.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add support for client_reader to handle more APIs
diff --git a/changelog.d/3556.feature b/changelog.d/3556.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 77a294cb9..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3556.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add metrics to track resource usage by background processes
diff --git a/changelog.d/3559.misc b/changelog.d/3559.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 26df859e4..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3559.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-add config for pep8
diff --git a/changelog.d/3562.misc b/changelog.d/3562.misc
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index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/changelog.d/3567.feature b/changelog.d/3567.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index c74c1f57a..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3567.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-make the /context API filter & lazy-load aware as per MSC1227
diff --git a/changelog.d/3569.bugfix b/changelog.d/3569.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index d77f035ee..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3569.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Unicode passwords are now normalised before hashing, preventing the instance where two different devices or browsers might send a different UTF-8 sequence for the password.
diff --git a/changelog.d/3570.bugfix b/changelog.d/3570.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index cec5158a9..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3570.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix potential stack overflow and deadlock under heavy load
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/3571.misc b/changelog.d/3571.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 8908324e6..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3571.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Merge Linearizer and Limiter
diff --git a/changelog.d/3572.misc b/changelog.d/3572.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 8908324e6..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3572.misc
+++ /dev/null
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-Merge Linearizer and Limiter
diff --git a/changelog.d/3577.misc b/changelog.d/3577.misc
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index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/changelog.d/3579.misc b/changelog.d/3579.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/3579.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Lazily load state on master process when using workers to reduce DB consumption
diff --git a/changelog.d/3581.misc b/changelog.d/3581.misc
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index 2374dc0c4..000000000
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Lazily load state on master process when using workers to reduce DB consumption
diff --git a/changelog.d/3582.misc b/changelog.d/3582.misc
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index 2374dc0c4..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3582.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Lazily load state on master process when using workers to reduce DB consumption
diff --git a/changelog.d/3584.misc b/changelog.d/3584.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 2374dc0c4..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3584.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Lazily load state on master process when using workers to reduce DB consumption
diff --git a/changelog.d/3585.bugfix b/changelog.d/3585.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index e8ae1d8cb..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3585.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Respond with M_NOT_FOUND when profiles are not found locally or over federation. Fixes #3585
diff --git a/changelog.d/3586.misc b/changelog.d/3586.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index e853e2481..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3586.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixes and optimisations for resolve_state_groups
diff --git a/changelog.d/3587.misc b/changelog.d/3587.misc
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index 75a347991..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3587.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve logging for exceptions when handling PDUs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/3590.misc b/changelog.d/3590.misc
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index 0f1688fd0..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3590.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add some measure blocks to persist_events
diff --git a/changelog.d/3591.misc b/changelog.d/3591.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index f0137766a..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3591.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix some random logcontext leaks.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/3592.misc b/changelog.d/3592.misc
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index 60129569c..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3592.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Speed up calculating state deltas in persist_event loop
diff --git a/changelog.d/3595.misc b/changelog.d/3595.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 85903504c..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3595.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Attempt to reduce amount of state pulled out of DB during persist_events
diff --git a/changelog.d/3597.feature b/changelog.d/3597.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index ea4a85e0a..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3597.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add support for client_reader to handle more APIs
diff --git a/changelog.d/3601.bugfix b/changelog.d/3601.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1678b261d..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3601.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix failure to persist events over federation under load
diff --git a/changelog.d/3604.feature b/changelog.d/3604.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 77a294cb9..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3604.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add metrics to track resource usage by background processes
diff --git a/changelog.d/3605.bugfix b/changelog.d/3605.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 786da546e..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3605.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix updating of cached remote profiles
diff --git a/changelog.d/3606.misc b/changelog.d/3606.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index f0137766a..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3606.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix some random logcontext leaks.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/3607.bugfix b/changelog.d/3607.bugfix
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index 7ad64593b..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3607.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix 'tuple index out of range' error
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/3609.misc b/changelog.d/3609.misc
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index 5b9566d07..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3609.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a documentation typo in on_make_leave_request
diff --git a/changelog.d/3610.feature b/changelog.d/3610.feature
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index 77a294cb9..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3610.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add metrics to track resource usage by background processes
diff --git a/changelog.d/3612.misc b/changelog.d/3612.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index f90d2f2ff..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3612.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Make EventStore inherit from EventFederationStore
diff --git a/changelog.d/3613.misc b/changelog.d/3613.misc
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index d9378f6b4..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3613.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove some redundant joins on event_edges.room_id
diff --git a/changelog.d/3614.misc b/changelog.d/3614.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 356f28471..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3614.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Stop populating events.content
diff --git a/changelog.d/3616.misc b/changelog.d/3616.misc
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index 04629faa3..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3616.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update the /send_leave path registration to use event_id rather than a transaction ID.
diff --git a/changelog.d/3621.misc b/changelog.d/3621.misc
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index 83e5fc8aa..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3621.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Refactor FederationHandler to move DB writes into separate functions
diff --git a/changelog.d/3626.bugfix b/changelog.d/3626.bugfix
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index 9a4b87898..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3626.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Only import secrets when available (fix for py < 3.6)
diff --git a/changelog.d/3628.misc b/changelog.d/3628.misc
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index 1aebefbe1..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3628.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove unused field "pdu_failures" from transactions.
diff --git a/changelog.d/3630.feature b/changelog.d/3630.feature
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index 8007a0484..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3630.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add ability to limit number of monthly active users on the server
diff --git a/changelog.d/3634.misc b/changelog.d/3634.misc
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index 2cd6af91f..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3634.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-rename replication_layer to federation_client
diff --git a/changelog.d/3638.misc b/changelog.d/3638.misc
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index 9faab15cf..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3638.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Factor out exception handling in federation_client
diff --git a/changelog.d/3639.feature b/changelog.d/3639.feature
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index c8c387e21..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3639.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-When we fail to join a room over federation, pass the error code back to the client.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/3644.misc b/changelog.d/3644.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 2347fc850..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3644.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Refactor location of docker build script.
diff --git a/changelog.d/3645.misc b/changelog.d/3645.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fe6b28da..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/3645.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update CONTRIBUTING to mention newsfragments.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f4d6f0c6b..dd099dc9c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     package = "synapse"
     filename = "CHANGES.md"
     directory = "changelog.d"
-    issue_format = "[\\#{issue}](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/{issue}>)"
+    issue_format = "[\\#{issue}](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/{issue})"
 
     [[tool.towncrier.type]]
         directory = "feature"
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 1810cb6fc..a14d578e3 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.33.1"
+__version__ = "0.33.2"