diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 1730966a5e..f4f498ea93 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# Synapse 1.163.0 (2026-10-14)
+
+## Bugfixes
+
+- Fix Synapse failing to start with Redis enabled when installed using pip (avoid incompatible breaking changes in `txredisapi@1.6.0`). ([\#20354](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/20354))
+
+
+
+
 # Synapse 1.163.0rc1 (2026-10-06)
 
 ## Features
diff --git a/changelog.d/20354.bugfix b/changelog.d/20354.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6777f2f9ae..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/20354.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix Synapse failing to start with Redis enabled when installed using pip (avoid incompatible breaking changes in `txredisapi@1.6.0`).
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b4247c5d4f..0552032bce 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.163.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.163.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:20:13 +0000
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.163.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New synapse release 1.163.0rc1.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5f7f66e978..bbb27a8507 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "matrix-synapse"
-version = "1.163.0rc1"
+version = "1.163.0"
 description = "Homeserver for the Matrix decentralised comms protocol"
 readme = "README.rst"
 authors = [