diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index bd420ba5ef6d74852890c1207df5b3e8bc5c7e0a..68210a7d607e2168ade01c30e1ac6c9449c1e8d3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+Synapse 0.34.0rc2 (2018-12-11)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Add a welcome page for the client API port. Credit to @krombel! ([\#4289](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4289))
+- Remove Matrix console from the default distribution ([\#4290](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4290))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Disable pager when running git-show in CI ([\#4291](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4291))
+
+
 Synapse 0.34.0rc1 (2018-12-04)
 ==============================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/4289.feature b/changelog.d/4289.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d53bd22c38cb9fdf331aab138a11ef17ffa43c9..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/4289.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add a welcome page for the client API port. Credit to @krombel!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/4290.feature b/changelog.d/4290.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index df5114bae91bbebdaaa172e6b4b0e8e7c8da3267..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/4290.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove Matrix console from the default distribution
diff --git a/changelog.d/4291.misc b/changelog.d/4291.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index d3bfe3dd0c1c0b9c799efbbae0cbab9171f8697e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/4291.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Disable pager when running git-show in CI
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index df0504ac2c1f8aef49ede8f8b0cb3ee061a31844..d5f6dc209456f31a34eccb690582c563947b68ee 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "0.34.0rc1"
+__version__ = "0.34.0rc2"