diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index f516dcf0d0cc..70e11c8a6669 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+Synapse 1.13.0rc2 (2020-05-14)
+==============================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix a bug which could cause messages not to be sent over federation, when state events with state keys matching user IDs (such as custom user statuses) were received. ([\#7376](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7376))
+- Restore compatibility with non-compliant clients during the user interactive authentication process. ([\#7483](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7483))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Fix linting errors in new version of Flake8. ([\#7470](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7470))
+
+
 Synapse 1.13.0rc1 (2020-05-11)
 ==============================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/7376.bugfix b/changelog.d/7376.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index b7b67e328eb7..000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/7376.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug which could cause messages not to be sent over federation, when state events with state keys matching user IDs (such as custom user statuses) were received.
diff --git a/changelog.d/7470.misc b/changelog.d/7470.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 45e66ecf4812..000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/7470.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix linting errors in new version of Flake8.
diff --git a/changelog.d/7483.bugfix b/changelog.d/7483.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index e1bc32461774..000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/7483.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Restore compatibility with non-compliant clients during the user interactive authentication process.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 6cd16a820bf9..977e26a04828 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.13.0rc1"
+__version__ = "1.13.0rc2"
 
 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