diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 60961bf38dba..bb3ba7cff20f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
-Synapse 1.69.0rc1 (2022-10-04)
+Synapse 1.69.0rc2 (2022-10-06)
 ==============================
 
-
 Please note that legacy Prometheus metric names are now deprecated and will be removed in Synapse 1.73.0.
 Server administrators should update their dashboards and alerting rules to avoid using the deprecated metric names.
 See the [upgrade notes](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.69/upgrade.html#upgrading-to-v1690) for more details.
 
 
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Ensure Synapse v1.69 works with upcoming database changes in v1.70. ([\#14045](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14045))
+
+
+Synapse 1.69.0rc1 (2022-10-04)
+==============================
+
 Features
 --------
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/14045.misc b/changelog.d/14045.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b0dd8f47aaf..000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/14045.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Ensure Synapse v1.69 works with upcoming database changes in v1.70.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0f4dd28081ec..5323843b87bd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.69.0~rc2) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New Synapse release 1.69.0rc2.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:32:46 +0100
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.69.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * The man page for the hash_password script has been updated to reflect
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c302cff54e0d..da5652bd606a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ manifest-path = "rust/Cargo.toml"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "matrix-synapse"
-version = "1.69.0rc1"
+version = "1.69.0rc2"
 description = "Homeserver for the Matrix decentralised comms protocol"
 authors = ["Matrix.org Team and Contributors <packages@matrix.org>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"