diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index bd8cf1a11f..e6e575e5e4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+Synapse 1.16.1 (2020-07-10)
+===========================
+
+In some distributions of Synapse 1.16.0, we incorrectly included a database
+migration which added a new, unused table. This release removes the redundant
+table.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Drop table `local_rejections_stream` which was incorrectly added in Synapse 1.16.0. ([\#7816](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7816), [b1beb3ff5](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/b1beb3ff5))
+
+
 Synapse 1.17.0rc1 (2020-07-09)
 ==============================
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f7c146d777..5ce77ce3b4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.16.1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.16.1.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Fri, 10 Jul 2020 12:09:24 +0100
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.17.0rc1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New synapse release 1.17.0rc1.
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/schema/delta/58/10drop_local_rejections_stream.sql b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/schema/delta/58/10drop_local_rejections_stream.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb57203e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/schema/delta/58/10drop_local_rejections_stream.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* Copyright 2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+The version of synapse 1.16.0 on pypi incorrectly contained a migration which
+added a table called 'local_rejections_stream'. This table is not used, and
+we drop it here for anyone who was affected.
+*/
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS local_rejections_stream;