diff --git a/podman-matrix/vars.sh b/podman-matrix/vars.sh
index 2d3c9ec..cf4625e 100644
--- a/podman-matrix/vars.sh
+++ b/podman-matrix/vars.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ service_name="pod-${pod_name}.service"
 #upstream_images="docker.io/matrixdotorg/synapse docker.io/library/postgres"
 #version='latest'
 synapse_image="docker.io/matrixdotorg/synapse"
-synapse_version='v1.35.1'
+synapse_version='v1.38.0'
 postgres_image="docker.io/library/postgres"
 postgres_version='11.12'
 confvolume='matrixdotorg_synapse-data'