diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index e0b4d4e9..03bb391c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
-*unreleased*
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
+23.1 - 2023-04-12
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 * Parse raw metadata (:issue:`671`)
 * Import underlying parser functions as an underscored variable (:issue:`663`)
diff --git a/src/packaging/__init__.py b/src/packaging/__init__.py
index 454075e7..13cadc7f 100644
--- a/src/packaging/__init__.py
+++ b/src/packaging/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 __summary__ = "Core utilities for Python packages"
 __uri__ = "https://github.com/pypa/packaging"
 
-__version__ = "23.1.dev0"
+__version__ = "23.1"
 
 __author__ = "Donald Stufft and individual contributors"
 __email__ = "donald@stufft.io"