diff --git a/docs/changes.xml b/docs/changes.xml
index 6cf8e849..02a8653f 100644
--- a/docs/changes.xml
+++ b/docs/changes.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
 <change_log title="unit">
 
 
+<changes apply="unit" ver="1.23.0" rev="1"
+         date="" time=""
+         packager="Andrei Belov &lt;defan@nginx.com&gt;">
+
+
+</changes>
+
+
 <changes apply="unit-python3.9" ver="1.22.0" rev="1"
          date="2021-02-04" time="18:00:00 +0300"
          packager="Andrei Belov &lt;defan@nginx.com&gt;">
diff --git a/version b/version
index 55e5da42..6d66d5f1 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 # Copyright (C) NGINX, Inc.
 
-NXT_VERSION=1.22.0
-NXT_VERNUM=12200
+NXT_VERSION=1.23.0
+NXT_VERNUM=12300