diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc2341863a..8fe6f80e43 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Changes in [1.7.4](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/releases/tag/v1.7.4) (2019-11-27)
+===================================================================================================
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/compare/v1.7.3...v1.7.4)
+
+* Upgrade to JS SDK 2.5.4 to relax identity server discovery and E2EE debugging
+* Fix override behaviour of system vs defined theme
+* Clarify that cross-signing is in development
+
 Changes in [1.7.3](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/releases/tag/v1.7.3) (2019-11-25)
 ===================================================================================================
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/compare/v1.7.3-rc.2...v1.7.3)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8bac523b2a..92bf2e452d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "matrix-react-sdk",
-  "version": "1.7.3",
+  "version": "1.7.4",
   "description": "SDK for matrix.org using React",
   "author": "matrix.org",
   "repository": {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     "linkifyjs": "^2.1.6",
     "lodash": "^4.17.14",
     "lolex": "4.2",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "2.4.4",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "2.4.5",
     "optimist": "^0.6.1",
     "pako": "^1.0.5",
     "png-chunks-extract": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1c29c0aedd..62b45fd715 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5246,10 +5246,10 @@ mathml-tag-names@^2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.1.tgz#6dff66c99d55ecf739ca53c492e626f1d12a33cc"
   integrity sha512-pWB896KPGSGkp1XtyzRBftpTzwSOL0Gfk0wLvxt4f2mgzjY19o0LxJ3U25vNWTzsh7da+KTbuXQoQ3lOJZ8WHw==
 
-matrix-js-sdk@2.4.4:
-  version "2.4.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-2.4.4.tgz#d5e2d6fbe938c4275a1423a5f09330d33517ce3f"
-  integrity sha512-wSaRFvhWvwEzVaEkyBGo5ReumvaM5OrC1MJ6SVlyoLwH/WRPEXcUlu+rUNw5TFVEAH4TAVHXf/SVRBiR0j5nSQ==
+matrix-js-sdk@2.4.5:
+  version "2.4.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-js-sdk/-/matrix-js-sdk-2.4.5.tgz#0a02f0a3e18c59a393b34b8d6ebc54226cce6465"
+  integrity sha512-Mh0fPoiqyXRksFNYS4/2s20xAklmYVIgSms3qFvLhno32LN43NizUoAMBYYGtyjt8BQi+U77lbNL0s5f2V7gPQ==
   dependencies:
     another-json "^0.2.0"
     babel-runtime "^6.26.0"