diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6c732aa53..ee22f17c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Changes in [15.5.2](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/releases/tag/v15.5.2) (2022-02-17)
+==================================================================================================
+
+## 🐛 Bug Fixes
+ * Fix synthetic read receipt handling
+
 Changes in [15.5.1](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/releases/tag/v15.5.1) (2022-02-14)
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "matrix-js-sdk",
-  "version": "15.5.1",
+  "version": "15.5.2",
   "description": "Matrix Client-Server SDK for Javascript",
   "scripts": {
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn build",