diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index b3309a3c1..626dce166 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Rocksdb Change Log
-## Unreleased
+## 6.23.0 (2021-07-16)
 ### Behavior Changes
 * Obsolete keys in the bottommost level that were preserved for a snapshot will now be cleaned upon snapshot release in all cases. This form of compaction (snapshot release triggered compaction) previously had an artificial limitation that multiple tombstones needed to be present.
 
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/version.h b/include/rocksdb/version.h
index 0012ce5c1..be3d269e5 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/version.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/version.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "rocksdb/rocksdb_namespace.h"
 
 #define ROCKSDB_MAJOR 6
-#define ROCKSDB_MINOR 22
+#define ROCKSDB_MINOR 23
 #define ROCKSDB_PATCH 0
 
 // Do not use these. We made the mistake of declaring macros starting with