diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a5bc6cda88..a48698463a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
+Changes in [1.5.16-rc.1](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/releases/tag/v1.5.16-rc.1) (2020-04-08)
+======================================================================================================
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/compare/v1.5.15...v1.5.16-rc.1)
+
+ * Upgrade React SDK to 2.4.0-rc.1 and JS SDK to 5.3.0-rc.1
+ * Update from Weblate
+   [\#13078](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/pull/13078)
+ * Mention Jitsi support at the .well-known level in Jitsi docs
+   [\#13047](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/pull/13047)
+ * Add new default home page fallback
+   [\#13049](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/pull/13049)
+ * App load order tweaks for code splitting
+   [\#13032](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/pull/13032)
+ * Add some docs about Jitsi widgets and Jitsi configuration
+   [\#13027](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/pull/13027)
+ * Bump minimist from 1.2.2 to 1.2.3 in /electron_app
+   [\#13030](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/pull/13030)
+ * Fix Electron mac-specific shortcut being registered on Web too.
+   [\#13020](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/pull/13020)
+ * Add a console warning that errors from Jitsi Meet are fine
+   [\#12968](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/pull/12968)
+ * Fix popout support for jitsi widgets
+   [\#12975](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/pull/12975)
+ * Some grammar and clarifications
+   [\#12925](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/pull/12925)
+ * Don't immediately remove notifications from notification trays
+   [\#12861](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/pull/12861)
+ * Remove welcome user from config
+   [\#12894](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/pull/12894)
+
 Changes in [1.5.15](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/releases/tag/v1.5.15) (2020-04-01)
 ============================================================================================
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/compare/v1.5.14...v1.5.15)
diff --git a/electron_app/package.json b/electron_app/package.json
index 390b61d8d3..52f1158e3d 100644
--- a/electron_app/package.json
+++ b/electron_app/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "riot-web",
   "productName": "Riot",
   "main": "src/electron-main.js",
-  "version": "1.5.15",
+  "version": "1.5.16-rc.1",
   "description": "A feature-rich client for Matrix.org",
   "author": "New Vector Ltd.",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 45f99265cf..35f5add4c0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "riot-web",
   "productName": "Riot",
   "main": "electron_app/src/electron-main.js",
-  "version": "1.5.15",
+  "version": "1.5.16-rc.1",
   "description": "A feature-rich client for Matrix.org",
   "author": "New Vector Ltd.",
   "repository": {
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@
     "favico.js": "^0.3.10",
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.2",
     "highlight.js": "^9.13.1",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "github:matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "5.3.0-rc.1",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "2.4.0-rc.1",
     "olm": "https://packages.matrix.org/npm/olm/olm-3.1.4.tgz",
     "postcss-easings": "^2.0.0",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8a9bc0e575..36024314b9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7660,7 +7660,7 @@ matrix-mock-request@^1.2.3:
     is-ip "^2.0.0"
     linkifyjs "^2.1.6"
     lodash "^4.17.14"
-    matrix-js-sdk "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop"
+    matrix-js-sdk "5.3.0-rc.1"
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     pako "^1.0.5"
     png-chunks-extract "^1.0.0"