diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index da4a1350d0..1a5ff136c8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# Synapse 1.149.1 (2026-03-11)
+
+## Internal Changes
+
+- Bump `matrix-synapse-ldap3` to `0.4.0` to support `setuptools>=82.0.0`. Fixes [\#19541](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/19541). ([\#19543](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/19543))
+
+
+
+
 # Synapse 1.149.0 (2026-03-10)
 
 No significant changes since 1.149.0rc1.
diff --git a/changelog.d/19543.misc b/changelog.d/19543.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 81ccf9515a..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/19543.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump `matrix-synapse-ldap3` to `0.4.0` to support `setuptools>=82.0.0`.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b9ee884494..b0bc62684c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.149.1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.149.1.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:30:24 +0000
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.149.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New synapse release 1.149.0.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 324bb3f15a..ce87cb1492 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "matrix-synapse"
-version = "1.149.0"
+version = "1.149.1"
 description = "Homeserver for the Matrix decentralised comms protocol"
 readme = "README.rst"
 authors = [