diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 81f9a1aa2625..dbef6ab6c79e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Synapse 1.20.0rc2 (2020-09-09)
+==============================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix a bug introduced in v1.20.0rc1 causing some features related to notifications to misbehave following the implementation of unread counts. ([\#8280](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8280))
+
+
 Synapse 1.20.0rc1 (2020-09-08)
 ==============================
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index f4aca64be819..7e8731f86ac1 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.20.0rc1"
+__version__ = "1.20.0rc2"
 
 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
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/event_push_actions.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/event_push_actions.py
index 50fac9e72e13..5233ed83e29b 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/event_push_actions.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/event_push_actions.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ async def get_push_action_users_in_range(
         def f(txn):
             sql = (
                 "SELECT DISTINCT(user_id) FROM event_push_actions WHERE"
-                " stream_ordering >= ? AND stream_ordering <= ?"
+                " stream_ordering >= ? AND stream_ordering <= ? AND notif = 1"
             )
             txn.execute(sql, (min_stream_ordering, max_stream_ordering))
             return [r[0] for r in txn]
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ def f(txn):
                 "SELECT e.received_ts"
                 " FROM event_push_actions AS ep"
                 " JOIN events e ON ep.room_id = e.room_id AND ep.event_id = e.event_id"
-                " WHERE ep.stream_ordering > ?"
+                " WHERE ep.stream_ordering > ? AND notif = 1"
                 " ORDER BY ep.stream_ordering ASC"
                 " LIMIT 1"
             )
@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ def f(txn):
                 " FROM event_push_actions epa, events e"
                 " WHERE epa.event_id = e.event_id"
                 " AND epa.user_id = ? %s"
+                " AND epa.notif = 1"
                 " ORDER BY epa.stream_ordering DESC"
                 " LIMIT ?" % (before_clause,)
             )