diff --git a/doc/whats-new.rst b/doc/whats-new.rst
index 8af7a258f5a..5de661f6b92 100644
--- a/doc/whats-new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats-new.rst
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ What's New
     np.random.seed(123456)
 
 
-.. _whats-new.2022.12.1:
+.. _whats-new.2023.01.0:
 
-v2022.12.1 (unreleased)
------------------------
-
-New Features
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
+v2023.01.0 (Jan 17, 2023)
+-------------------------
 
+This release includes a number of bug fixes. Thanks to the 14 contributors to this release:
+Aron Gergely, Benoit Bovy, Deepak Cherian, Ian Carroll, Illviljan, Joe Hamman, Justus Magin, Mark Harfouche,
+Matthew Roeschke, Paige Martin, Pierre, Sam Levang, Tom White,  stefank0.
 
 Breaking changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ Breaking changes
   Use ``.get_indexer([key], method=..., tolerance=...)`` instead (:pull:`7361`).
   By `Matthew Roeschke <https://github.com/mroeschke>`_.
 
-Deprecations
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-
 Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -51,10 +47,6 @@ Bug fixes
 - Preserve original dtype on accessing MultiIndex levels (:issue:`7250`,
   :pull:`7393`). By `Ian Carroll <https://github.com/itcarroll>`_.
 
-Documentation
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-
 Internal Changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 - Add the pre-commit hook `absolufy-imports` to convert relative xarray imports to