diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 3159c5e110128098780521115f5c13711574c69c..464f5efb99a147f7718dfa37ba9f669cd86a85c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Drupal 7.23, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
+Drupal 7.23, 2013-08-07
 -----------------------
 - Fixed a fatal error on PostgreSQL databases when updating the Taxonomy module
   from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7.
diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 7f4033dfb0c57440d178adefc83aa48527e71639..d27f8d14f6f01fe4c92124349bc667e87d6cc7f7 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 /**
  * The current system version.
  */
-define('VERSION', '7.23-dev');
+define('VERSION', '7.23');
 
 /**
  * Core API compatibility.