diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
index fed3a4158653..8019f4c250af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.x"
 
       - name: Install cibuildwheel
-        run: python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.9.0
+        run: python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.16.2
 
       - name: Set up QEMU to emulate aarch64
         if: matrix.arch == 'aarch64'
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 2e7f1992992a..9358a22525b6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+# Synapse 1.96.1 (2023-11-17)
+
+Synapse will soon be forked by Element under an AGPLv3.0 licence (with CLA, for
+proprietary dual licensing). You can read more about this here:
+
+* https://matrix.org/blog/2023/11/06/future-of-synapse-dendrite/
+* https://element.io/blog/element-to-adopt-agplv3/
+
+The Matrix.org Foundation copy of the project will be archived. Any changes needed
+by server administrators will be communicated via our usual
+[announcements channels](https://matrix.to/#/#homeowners:matrix.org), but we are
+striving to make this as seamless as possible.
+
+This minor release was needed only because of CI-related trouble on [v1.96.0](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.96.0), which was never released.
+
+### Internal Changes
+
+- Fix building of wheels in CI. ([\#16653](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16653))
+
+# Synapse 1.96.0 (2023-11-16)
+
+### Bugfixes
+
+- Fix "'int' object is not iterable" error in `set_device_id_for_pushers` background update introduced in Synapse 1.95.0. ([\#16594](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16594))
+
 # Synapse 1.96.0rc1 (2023-10-31)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5470f3877f59..1d9a135d98df 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.96.1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.96.1.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:48:45 +0000
+
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.96.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.96.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Thu, 16 Nov 2023 17:54:26 +0000
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.96.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New Synapse release 1.96.0rc1.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 825ff73f959b..47c255e3956a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ module-name = "synapse.synapse_rust"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "matrix-synapse"
-version = "1.96.0rc1"
+version = "1.96.1"
 description = "Homeserver for the Matrix decentralised comms protocol"
 authors = ["Matrix.org Team and Contributors <packages@matrix.org>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/pusher.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/pusher.py
index a6a1671bd649..8f36cfce1245 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/pusher.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/pusher.py
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ def set_device_id_for_pushers_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> int:
                 (last_pusher_id, batch_size),
             )
 
-            rows = txn.fetchall()
+            rows = cast(List[Tuple[int, Optional[str], Optional[str]]], txn.fetchall())
             if len(rows) == 0:
                 return 0
 
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ def set_device_id_for_pushers_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> int:
                 txn=txn,
                 table="pushers",
                 key_names=("id",),
-                key_values=[row[0] for row in rows],
+                key_values=[(row[0],) for row in rows],
                 value_names=("device_id", "access_token"),
                 # If there was already a device_id on the pusher, we only want to clear
                 # the access_token column, so we keep the existing device_id. Otherwise,