diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index db7502f..c72a70c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -847,3 +847,18 @@
 * Allow Synapse to use a specific Redis logical database in worker-mode deployments. (#15034)
 * Tag opentracing spans for federation requests with the name of the worker serving the request. (#15042)
 * Implement the experimental `exact_event_property_contains` push rule condition from MSC3966. (#15045)
+
+[1.62.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.79.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.79.0)
+* Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.79.0rc1 where attempting to register a on_remove_user_third_party_identifier module API callback would be a no-op. (#15227)
+* Fix a rare bug introduced in Synapse 1.73 where events could remain unsent to other homeservers after a faster-join to a room. (#15248)
+* Add two new Third Party Rules module API callbacks: on_add_user_third_party_identifier and on_remove_user_third_party_identifier. (#15044)
+* Experimental support for MSC3967 to not require UIA for setting up cross-signing on first use. (#15077)
+* Add media information to the command line user data export tool. (#15107)
+* Add an admin API to delete a specific event report. (#15116)
+* Add support for knocking to workers. (#15133)
+* Allow use of the /filter Client-Server APIs on workers. (#15134)
+* Update support for MSC2677: remove support for server-side aggregation of reactions. (#15172)
+* Stabilise support for MSC3758: event_property_is push condition. (#15185)
+
diff --git a/CloudronManifest.json b/CloudronManifest.json
index 2882a5d..d6e31b1 100644
--- a/CloudronManifest.json
+++ b/CloudronManifest.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   "description": "file://DESCRIPTION.md",
   "changelog": "file://CHANGELOG.md",
   "tagline": "Secure & decentralized communication",
-  "version": "1.61.0",
-  "upstreamVersion": "1.78.0",
+  "version": "1.62.0",
+  "upstreamVersion": "1.79.0",
   "healthCheckPath": "/",
   "httpPort": 8008,
   "memoryLimit": 536870912,
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 069203a..582e1a1 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=v1.78.0
+ARG VERSION=v1.79.0
 
 # https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse-s3-storage-provider
 ARG STORAGE_PROVIDER_VERSION=fa27fa1a92bcbeb42b10399641348bee0ddf2c72