diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index e530b5806..8c2112418 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+## Changes in 1.6.12 (2022-01-11)
+
+🙌 Improvements
+
+- Upgrade MatrixSDK version ([v0.20.16](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-ios-sdk/releases/tag/v0.20.16)).
+- Analytics: Replace Matomo with PostHog. ([#5035](https://github.com/vector-im/element-ios/issues/5035))
+
+🐛 Bugfixes
+
+- RoomVC: Fix left room reason label memory management. ([#5311](https://github.com/vector-im/element-ios/issues/5311))
+
+
 ## Changes in 1.6.11 (2021-12-14)
 
 ✨ Features
diff --git a/Podfile b/Podfile
index e465a8f52..6a5620b94 100644
--- a/Podfile
+++ b/Podfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use_frameworks!
 # - `{ :specHash => {sdk spec hash}` to depend on specific pod options (:git => …, :podspec => …) for MatrixSDK repo. Used by Fastfile during CI
 #
 # Warning: our internal tooling depends on the name of this variable name, so be sure not to change it
-$matrixSDKVersion = '0.20.15'
+$matrixSDKVersion = '= 0.20.16'
 # $matrixSDKVersion = :local
 # $matrixSDKVersion = { :branch => 'develop'}
 # $matrixSDKVersion = { :specHash => { git: 'https://git.io/fork123', branch: 'fix' } }
diff --git a/Podfile.lock b/Podfile.lock
index 8ff43e554..749fe065f 100644
--- a/Podfile.lock
+++ b/Podfile.lock
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PODS:
     - DTFoundation/Core
   - DTFoundation/UIKit (1.7.18):
     - DTFoundation/Core
-  - ffmpeg-kit-ios-audio (4.5)
+  - ffmpeg-kit-ios-audio (4.5.1)
   - FLEX (4.5.0)
   - FlowCommoniOS (1.12.2)
   - GBDeviceInfo (6.6.0):
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ PODS:
   - Introspect (0.1.3)
   - JitsiMeetSDK (3.10.2)
   - KeychainAccess (4.2.2)
+  - Keys (1.0.1)
   - KituraContracts (1.2.1):
     - LoggerAPI (~> 1.7)
   - KTCenterFlowLayout (1.3.1)
@@ -57,16 +58,16 @@ PODS:
   - LoggerAPI (1.9.200):
     - Logging (~> 1.1)
   - Logging (1.4.0)
-  - MatrixSDK (0.20.15):
-    - MatrixSDK/Core (= 0.20.15)
-  - MatrixSDK/Core (0.20.15):
+  - MatrixSDK (0.20.16):
+    - MatrixSDK/Core (= 0.20.16)
+  - MatrixSDK/Core (0.20.16):
     - AFNetworking (~> 4.0.0)
     - GZIP (~> 1.3.0)
     - libbase58 (~> 0.1.4)
     - OLMKit (~> 3.2.5)
     - Realm (= 10.16.0)
     - SwiftyBeaver (= 1.9.5)
-  - MatrixSDK/JingleCallStack (0.20.15):
+  - MatrixSDK/JingleCallStack (0.20.16):
     - JitsiMeetSDK (= 3.10.2)
     - MatrixSDK/Core
   - OLMKit (3.2.5):
@@ -107,17 +108,18 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
   - Down (~> 0.11.0)
   - DSWaveformImage (~> 6.1.1)
   - DTCoreText (~> 1.6.25)
-  - ffmpeg-kit-ios-audio (~> 4.5)
+  - ffmpeg-kit-ios-audio (= 4.5.1)
   - FLEX (~> 4.5.0)
   - FlowCommoniOS (~> 1.12.0)
   - GBDeviceInfo (~> 6.6.0)
   - HPGrowingTextView (~> 1.1)
   - Introspect (~> 0.1)
   - KeychainAccess (~> 4.2.2)
+  - Keys (from `Pods/CocoaPodsKeys`)
   - KTCenterFlowLayout (~> 1.3.1)
   - libPhoneNumber-iOS (~> 0.9.13)
-  - MatrixSDK (= 0.20.15)
-  - MatrixSDK/JingleCallStack (= 0.20.15)
+  - MatrixSDK (= 0.20.16)
+  - MatrixSDK/JingleCallStack (= 0.20.16)
   - OLMKit
   - PostHog (~> 1.4.4)
   - ReadMoreTextView (~> 3.0.1)
@@ -177,6 +179,8 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
   AnalyticsEvents:
     :branch: release/swift
     :git: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-analytics-events.git
+  Keys:
+    :path: Pods/CocoaPodsKeys
 
 CHECKOUT OPTIONS:
   AnalyticsEvents:
@@ -194,7 +198,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   DSWaveformImage: 3c718a0cf99291887ee70d1d0c18d80101d3d9ce
   DTCoreText: ec749e013f2e1f76de5e7c7634642e600a7467ce
   DTFoundation: a53f8cda2489208cbc71c648be177f902ee17536
-  ffmpeg-kit-ios-audio: 8c44d93054e1a9743a7014ec3dd26cd1ad8f2a59
+  ffmpeg-kit-ios-audio: 662ce2064e56733ca7d8216705efbc38d9e1c3fe
   FLEX: e51461dd6f0bfb00643c262acdfea5d5d12c596b
   FlowCommoniOS: ca92071ab526dc89905495a37844fd7e78d1a7f2
   GBDeviceInfo: ed0db16230d2fa280e1cbb39a5a7f60f6946aaec
@@ -203,13 +207,14 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   Introspect: 2be020f30f084ada52bb4387fff83fa52c5c400e
   JitsiMeetSDK: 2f118fa770f23e518f3560fc224fae3ac7062223
   KeychainAccess: c0c4f7f38f6fc7bbe58f5702e25f7bd2f65abf51
+  Keys: a576f4c9c1c641ca913a959a9c62ed3f215a8de9
   KituraContracts: e845e60dc8627ad0a76fa55ef20a45451d8f830b
   KTCenterFlowLayout: 6e02b50ab2bd865025ae82fe266ed13b6d9eaf97
   libbase58: 7c040313537b8c44b6e2d15586af8e21f7354efd
   libPhoneNumber-iOS: 0a32a9525cf8744fe02c5206eb30d571e38f7d75
   LoggerAPI: ad9c4a6f1e32f518fdb43a1347ac14d765ab5e3d
   Logging: beeb016c9c80cf77042d62e83495816847ef108b
-  MatrixSDK: 2f4d3aacb1c53e2785f0be71d24b8e62e5c5c056
+  MatrixSDK: af6a70532bb43af59f43a1f4dae512a26afeab0b
   OLMKit: 9fb4799c4a044dd2c06bda31ec31a12191ad30b5
   PostHog: 4b6321b521569092d4ef3a02238d9435dbaeb99f
   ReadMoreTextView: 19147adf93abce6d7271e14031a00303fe28720d
@@ -225,6 +230,6 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   zxcvbn-ios: fef98b7c80f1512ff0eec47ac1fa399fc00f7e3c
   ZXingObjC: fdbb269f25dd2032da343e06f10224d62f537bdb
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: e60814fe2084a7dca3f82c3a1c4a1b763ae822c0
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: 2493587902f8f28bb2638303dd583c47e9f24d8b
 
 COCOAPODS: 1.11.2
diff --git a/changelog.d/5035.change b/changelog.d/5035.change
deleted file mode 100644
index 6be81ff04..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5035.change
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Analytics: Replace Matomo with PostHog.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/5311.bugfix b/changelog.d/5311.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index cfd5998e5..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5311.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-RoomVC: Fix left room reason label memory management.
\ No newline at end of file