diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 1a16e43..8edff6f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -323,3 +323,13 @@
 * Add support for receiving OpenID Connect authentication responses via form POSTs rather than GETs. (#9376)
 * Add the shadow-banning status to the admin API for user info. (#9400)
 
+[1.20.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.29.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.29.0)
+* Add rate limiters to cross-user key sharing requests. (#8957)
+* Add order_by to the admin API GET /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/media. Contributed by @dklimpel. (#8978)
+* Add some configuration settings to make users' profile data more private. (#9203)
+* The no_proxy and NO_PROXY environment variables are now respected in proxied HTTP clients with the lowercase form taking precedence if both are present. Additionally, the lowercase https_proxy environment variable is now respected in proxied HTTP clients on top of existing support for the uppercase HTTPS_PROXY form and takes precedence if both are present. Contributed by Timothy Leung. (#9372)
+* Add a configuration option, user_directory.prefer_local_users, which when enabled will make it more likely for users on the same server as you to appear above other users. (#9383, #9385)
+* Add support for regenerating thumbnails if they have been deleted but the original image is still stored. (#9438)
+
diff --git a/CloudronManifest.json b/CloudronManifest.json
index ffceef1..dd2714c 100644
--- a/CloudronManifest.json
+++ b/CloudronManifest.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "description": "file://DESCRIPTION.md",
   "changelog": "file://CHANGELOG",
   "tagline": "Secure & decentralized communication",
-  "version": "1.19.0",
+  "version": "1.20.0",
   "healthCheckPath": "/",
   "httpPort": 8008,
   "memoryLimit": 536870912,
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION.md b/DESCRIPTION.md
index e001f99..6abb8f9 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION.md
+++ b/DESCRIPTION.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This app packages Synapse <upstream>1.28.0</upstream>.
+This app packages Synapse <upstream>1.29.0</upstream>.
 
 **This package only provides the Matrix backend. A variety of clients are available
 [here](https://matrix.org/clients/). Riot is a popular web frontend for Matrix and