diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 823f4f40b35e0a466be3ef090293460bc2078de2..0bc8f95855854a7d268756fbafac07e656d10e66 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Synapse 1.65.0rc2 (2022-08-11)
+==============================
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Revert 'Remove the unspecced `room_id` field in the `/hierarchy` response. ([\#13365](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13365))' to give more time for clients to update. ([\#13501](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13501))
+
+
 Synapse 1.65.0rc1 (2022-08-09)
 ==============================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/13501.misc b/changelog.d/13501.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 002b91960c99c242e102946cbba15070eab2274c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/13501.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Revert 'Remove the unspecced `room_id` field in the `/hierarchy` response. (#13365)' to give more time for clients to update.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6e4bdc3a006b207d89ea2c71b985dfaff505849f..21115d7be2edc21867732670d9af66e79376fc9d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.65.0~rc2) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New Synapse release 1.65.0rc2.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Thu, 11 Aug 2022 11:38:18 +0100
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.65.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New Synapse release 1.65.0rc1.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ad2224f564b3cdd95aa6fde2cc9485fea8c24f25..a9f59a676f9407bf760cd6934401fe9436450a53 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ skip_gitignore = true
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "matrix-synapse"
-version = "1.65.0rc1"
+version = "1.65.0rc2"
 description = "Homeserver for the Matrix decentralised comms protocol"
 authors = ["Matrix.org Team and Contributors <packages@matrix.org>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"