diff --git a/changelog.d/11276.bugfix b/changelog.d/11276.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ce725926243957827e3c2a09537516a3d74ba2c5
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+++ b/changelog.d/11276.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix rolling back Synapse version when using workers.
diff --git a/synapse/storage/prepare_database.py b/synapse/storage/prepare_database.py
index b5c1c14ee3d1c2fec4152acbd35a5f025d0e9747..8b9c6adae2a76a15abae6dc997b44534a0a1d1c5 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/prepare_database.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/prepare_database.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def prepare_database(
                     databases=databases,
                 )
             elif version_info.current_version < SCHEMA_VERSION:
-                # If the DB is on an older version than we expect the we refuse
+                # If the DB is on an older version than we expect then we refuse
                 # to start the worker (as the main process needs to run first to
                 # update the schema).
                 raise UpgradeDatabaseException(