diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d680d10..058c1a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
-# Release 0.21.0-dev
-
-### New features since last release
-
-### Breaking changes
+# Release 0.23.0
 
 ### Improvements
 
-### Documentation
-
-### Bug fixes
+* Added high level access to the `target` kwarg in the 
+  `SimulatorDevice` class for general IonQ devices.
+  [(#50)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/PennyLane-IonQ/pull/50)
 
 ### Contributors
 
 This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):
 
+Jon Donovan, Antal Száva
+
 ---
 
 # Release 0.20.0
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"