diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 98fba52bae..31d9914b39 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ See the [upgrade notes](https://element-hq.github.io/synapse/v1.120/upgrade.html
 
 - Addressed some typos in docs and returned error message for unknown MXC ID. ([\#17865](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17865))
 - Unpin the upload release GHA action. ([\#17923](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17923))
-- Bump macos version used to build wheels during release, as current version used is end-of-life. ([\#17924](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17924))
-- Move server event filtering logic to rust. ([\#17928](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17928))
+- Bump macOS version used to build wheels during release, as current version used is end-of-life. ([\#17924](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17924))
+- Move server event filtering logic to Rust. ([\#17928](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17928))
 - Support new package name of PyPI package `python-multipart` 0.0.13 so that distro packagers do not need to work around name conflict with PyPI package `multipart`. ([\#17932](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17932))
 - Speed up slow initial sliding syncs on large servers. ([\#17946](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17946))
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/17960.bugfix b/changelog.d/17960.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..767085320d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/17960.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.120rc1 which would cause the newly-introduced `delete_old_otks` job to fail in worker-mode deployments.
diff --git a/synapse/server.py b/synapse/server.py
index c7b4918813..462e15cc2f 100644
--- a/synapse/server.py
+++ b/synapse/server.py
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ class HomeServer(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         "auth",
         "deactivate_account",
         "delayed_events",
+        "e2e_keys",  # for the `delete_old_otks` scheduled-task handler
         "message",
         "pagination",
         "profile",