diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c941df..9860944 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -758,3 +758,9 @@
 * Improve the validation of the following PUT endpoints: [`/directory/room/{roomAlias}`](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.4/client-server-api/#put_matrixclientv3directoryroomroomalias), [`/directory/list/room/{roomId}`](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.4/client-server-api/#put_matrixclientv3directorylistroomroomid) and [`/directory/list/appservice/{networkId}/{roomId}`](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.4/application-service-api/#put_matrixclientv3directorylistappservicenetworkidroomid). ([\#14179](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14179))
 * Build and publish binary wheels for `aarch64` platforms. ([\#14212](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14212))
 
+[1.53.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.70.1
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.70.1)
+* Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.70.0rc1 where the access tokens sent to application services as headers were malformed. Application services which were obtaining access tokens from query parameters were not affected. (#14301)
+* Fix room creation being rate limited too aggressively since Synapse v1.69.0. (#14314)
+
diff --git a/CloudronManifest.json b/CloudronManifest.json
index ba612c3..2f598d6 100644
--- a/CloudronManifest.json
+++ b/CloudronManifest.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   "description": "file://DESCRIPTION.md",
   "changelog": "file://CHANGELOG.md",
   "tagline": "Secure & decentralized communication",
-  "version": "1.53.0",
-  "upstreamVersion": "1.70.0",
+  "version": "1.53.1",
+  "upstreamVersion": "1.70.1",
   "healthCheckPath": "/",
   "httpPort": 8008,
   "memoryLimit": 536870912,
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7982ff5..56365be 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN virtualenv -p python3 /app/code/env
 ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/app/code/env
 ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
 
-ARG VERSION=v1.70.0
+ARG VERSION=v1.70.1
 
 # Synapse (https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/INSTALL.md)
 # lxml - required for previews
diff --git a/test/package-lock.json b/test/package-lock.json
index 243953d..14ab574 100644
--- a/test/package-lock.json
+++ b/test/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
-        "chromedriver": "^107.0.0",
+        "chromedriver": "^107.0.1",
         "expect.js": "^0.3.1",
         "mocha": "^10.1.0",
         "selenium-server-standalone-jar": "^3.141.59",
@@ -288,9 +288,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/chromedriver": {
-      "version": "107.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chromedriver/-/chromedriver-107.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-/VpGc83szXYUu9gBhCl6tg6XvtVwj2RQjOZ4wDA5TPSqudTMgWcMbkjeZbCfHwReJ9Qqo0hJ1jipG1IXWDxg3g==",
+      "version": "107.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chromedriver/-/chromedriver-107.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-oIBZHystVpbUaPwypJTnqe4UWar0rIPGLPPe9RLSZ+cgbOVns/q9naoXQj+n+VzcbTtdfs9N3VXnVFvG/vKA6Q==",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@testim/chrome-version": "^1.1.3",
@@ -1957,9 +1957,9 @@
       }
     },
     "chromedriver": {
-      "version": "107.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chromedriver/-/chromedriver-107.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-/VpGc83szXYUu9gBhCl6tg6XvtVwj2RQjOZ4wDA5TPSqudTMgWcMbkjeZbCfHwReJ9Qqo0hJ1jipG1IXWDxg3g==",
+      "version": "107.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chromedriver/-/chromedriver-107.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-oIBZHystVpbUaPwypJTnqe4UWar0rIPGLPPe9RLSZ+cgbOVns/q9naoXQj+n+VzcbTtdfs9N3VXnVFvG/vKA6Q==",
       "requires": {
         "@testim/chrome-version": "^1.1.3",
         "axios": "^0.27.2",
diff --git a/test/package.json b/test/package.json
index 89af922..c57c52c 100644
--- a/test/package.json
+++ b/test/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
-    "chromedriver": "^107.0.0",
+    "chromedriver": "^107.0.1",
     "expect.js": "^0.3.1",
     "mocha": "^10.1.0",
     "selenium-server-standalone-jar": "^3.141.59",