diff --git a/Documentation/docinfo.xml b/Documentation/docinfo.xml
index 04a0ace58..26779ea24 100644
--- a/Documentation/docinfo.xml
+++ b/Documentation/docinfo.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- TODO have the build system take care of this  -->
-<releaseinfo>Version 2.3.22 - July 2017</releaseinfo>
-<subtitle>for version 2.3.22</subtitle>
-<date>2017-07-20</date>
+<releaseinfo>Version 2.3.23 - October 2017</releaseinfo>
+<subtitle>for version 2.3.23</subtitle>
+<date>2017-10-18</date>
 
 <legalnotice>
   <para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".</para>
diff --git a/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc b/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc
index 5b9e59bd0..73911a40a 100644
--- a/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc
+++ b/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 
 // TODO have the build system take care of this
 
-:release_version: 2.3.22
+:release_version: 2.3.23
 
 // vim: set syntax=asciidoc tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab:
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c908fdf19..9774cbae4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.3.23 (2017-XX-XX)
+2.3.23 (2017-10-18)
 -------------------
 
 Enhancements
diff --git a/Version b/Version
index 811fde9c4..728d269a1 100644
--- a/Version
+++ b/Version
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 MAJOR_VERSION=2
 MINOR_VERSION=3
-SUBMINOR_VERSION=22
+SUBMINOR_VERSION=23