diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ffc3581..5762a46 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -764,3 +764,7 @@
 * 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)
 
+[1.54.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.71.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.71.0)
+
diff --git a/CloudronManifest.json b/CloudronManifest.json
index 2f598d6..317f737 100644
--- a/CloudronManifest.json
+++ b/CloudronManifest.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   "description": "file://DESCRIPTION.md",
   "changelog": "file://CHANGELOG.md",
   "tagline": "Secure & decentralized communication",
-  "version": "1.53.1",
-  "upstreamVersion": "1.70.1",
+  "version": "1.54.0",
+  "upstreamVersion": "1.71.0",
   "healthCheckPath": "/",
   "httpPort": 8008,
   "memoryLimit": 536870912,
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 56365be..0af3614 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=v1.70.1
+ARG VERSION=v1.71.0
 
 # Synapse (https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/INSTALL.md)
 # lxml - required for previews