diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 36707db03bf743b02afabfb69fec677303e879b4..cee0549036c502344ee134cefe1221689d3c60da 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Synapse 1.52.0 (2022-02-08)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
 Synapse 1.52.0rc1 (2022-02-01)
 ==============================
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a458885655543e7c3152f0761c9c8684543aa317..64ea103f3e8fe3d67be86126aaf3f49feff8ab60 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.52.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.52.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 08 Feb 2022 11:34:54 +0000
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.52.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New synapse release 1.52.0~rc1.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 5e65033061016d869eaf25d8ea9027920925e10b..a23563937ad445e22677db31c5228f398771f0fa 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.52.0rc1"
+__version__ = "1.52.0"
 
 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