2 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/debian/build_virtualenv b/debian/build_virtualenv
index cbdde93f96..cf19084a9f 100755
--- a/debian/build_virtualenv
+++ b/debian/build_virtualenv
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ esac
 # Use --builtin-venv to use the better `venv` module from CPython 3.4+ rather
 # than the 2/3 compatible `virtualenv`.
 
+# Pin pip to 20.3.4 to fix breakage in 21.0 on py3.5 (xenial)
+
 dh_virtualenv \
     --install-suffix "matrix-synapse" \
     --builtin-venv \
     --python "$SNAKE" \
-    --upgrade-pip \
+    --upgrade-pip-to="20.3.4" \
     --preinstall="lxml" \
     --preinstall="mock" \
     --extra-pip-arg="--no-cache-dir" \
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1c6308e3a2..1a421a85bd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.25.0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.26.0+nmu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
+  * Fix build on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial).
+
+ -- Dan Callahan <danc@element.io>  Thu, 28 Jan 2021 16:21:03 +0000
+
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.26.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Richard van der Hoff ]
   * Remove dependency on `python3-distutils`.
 
- -- Richard van der Hoff <richard@matrix.org>  Fri, 15 Jan 2021 12:44:19 +0000
+  [ Synapse Packaging team ]
+  * New synapse release 1.26.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Wed, 27 Jan 2021 12:43:35 -0500
 
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.25.0) stable; urgency=medium