diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d680d10..4acaf18 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
-# Release 0.21.0-dev
-
-### New features since last release
-
-### Breaking changes
-
-### Improvements
-
-### Documentation
-
-### Bug fixes
+# Release 0.23.0
 
 ### Contributors
 
diff --git a/pennylane_ionq/_version.py b/pennylane_ionq/_version.py
index f4fa32d..75da5be 100644
--- a/pennylane_ionq/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane_ionq/_version.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.21.0-dev"
+__version__ = "0.23.0"