diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 92c19b13e9..e5e8e31a1a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.27.1 (2018-03-19)
+=======================================
+
+Meta release as v0.27.0 temporarily pointed to the wrong commit
+
+
 Changes in synapse v0.27.0 (2018-03-26)
 =======================================
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 70a0297052..2cb6ef4652 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.27.0"
+__version__ = "0.27.1"