diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 851cb9b2d7..ee418abff3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,39 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.30.0-rc1 (2018-05-23)
+==========================================
+
+This version includes support for GDPR consent collection. Users signal their
+consent through responding to a private message from a bot named
+@server:matrix.org For more information see XXXXXX
+
+GDPR Support:
+
+* ConsentResource to gather policy consent from users (PR #3213)
+* Move RoomCreationHandler out of synapse.handlers.Handlers (PR #3225)
+* Infrastructure for a server notices room (PR #3232)
+* Send users a server notice about consent (PR #3236)
+* Reject attempts to send event before privacy consent is given (PR #3257)
+* Add a 'has_consented' template var to consent forms (PR #3262)
+* Fix dependency on jinja2 (PR #3263)
+
+Features:
+* Cohort analytics (PR #3163, #3241, #3251)
+* Add lxml to docker image for web previews (PR #3239) Thanks to @ptman!
+* Add in flight request metrics (PR #3252)
+
+Changes:
+
+* Remove unused `update_external_syncs` (PR #3233)
+* Use stream rather depth ordering for push actions (PR #3212)
+* Make purge_history operate on tokens (PR #3221)
+* Don't support limitless pagination (PR #3265)
+
+Bug Fixes:
+
+* Fix logcontext resource usage tracking (PR #3258)
+* Fix error in handling receipts (PR #3235)
+* Stop the transaction cache caching failures (PR #3255)
+
+
 Changes in synapse v0.29.1 (2018-05-17)
 ==========================================
 Changes:
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index b11a1d3ea3..353387f154 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.29.1"
+__version__ = "0.30.0-rc1"