diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 8a068ae8c9d0..4c413b72ee1a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Synapse 1.9.1 (2020-01-28)
+==========================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix bug where setting `mau_limit_reserved_threepids` config would cause Synapse to refuse to start. ([\#6793](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6793))
+
+
 Synapse 1.9.0 (2020-01-23)
 ==========================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/6793.bugfix b/changelog.d/6793.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 564d4596ea2e..000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/6793.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix bug where setting `mau_limit_reserved_threepids` config would cause Synapse to refuse to start.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 49f318769171..74eb29c5eef7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.9.1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.9.1.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:09:23 +0000
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.9.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New synapse release 1.9.0.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 6236e13aa3c5..a236888d3cbe 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.9.0"
+__version__ = "1.9.1"
 
 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