diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1c6ceb7..e2e56fd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+### mate-terminal 1.23.0
+
+    tx: sync with transifex
+    Remove trailing whitespaces
+    Change url project's website
+    make "highlighting things under mouse pointer" configurable
+    [ci] Add cppcheck html report
+    [ci] Enable Clang Static Analyzer
+    Ensure proper translation of the about dialog title
+    Make translatable the copyright info in about dialog
+    Show confirmation dialog if there are multiple open tabs on closing
+    Upgrade the manual to docbook 5.0
+    about: update copyright
+    Explicitly enable bright bold to match new VTE versions
+    help: update copyright
+    warning: Value stored to 'screen_number' is never read
+    Use gresources for about_DATA, uimanager_DATA & builder_DATA
+    Retain copied selection when changing tabs
+
 ### mate-terminal 1.22.0
 
   * Translations update
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ce8f80e..028737f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 m4_define([gt_version_major],[1])
-m4_define([gt_version_minor],[22])
+m4_define([gt_version_minor],[23])
 m4_define([gt_version_micro],[0])
 m4_define([gt_version_extra],[])
 m4_define([gt_version],[gt_version_major().gt_version_minor().gt_version_micro()gt_version_extra])