diff --git a/changelog.d/.gitignore b/changelog.d/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f935021a8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/changelog.d/3492.bugfix b/changelog.d/3492.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a287a945bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/3492.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Amend the Python dependencies to depend on attrs from PyPI, not attr
diff --git a/synapse/python_dependencies.py b/synapse/python_dependencies.py
index 7632dd50b7..987eec3ef2 100644
--- a/synapse/python_dependencies.py
+++ b/synapse/python_dependencies.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS = {
     "phonenumbers>=8.2.0": ["phonenumbers"],
     "six": ["six"],
     "prometheus_client": ["prometheus_client"],
-    "attr": ["attr"],
+    "attrs": ["attr"],
     "netaddr>=0.7.18": ["netaddr"],
 }