diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,78 @@
+# v0.23.0 Release 2020-06-04
+This is the 23rd release of Kaniko! 
+
+# Bug Fixes
+* Resolving nested meta ARGs [#1260](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1260)
+* add 64 busybox [#1254](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1254)
+* Apply dockefile exclude only for first stage [#1234](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1234)
+
+# New Features
+* Add /etc/nsswitch.conf for /etc/hosts name resolution [#1251](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1251)
+* Add ability to set git auth token using environment variables [#1263](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1263)
+* Add retries to image push. [#1258](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1258)
+* Update docker-credential-gcr to support auth with GCP Artifact Registry [#1255](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1255)
+
+# Updates and Refactors
+* Added integration test for multi level argument [#1285](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1285)
+* rename whitelist to ignorelist [#1295](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1295)
+* Remove direct use of DefaultTransport [#1221](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1221)
+* fix switching to non existent workdir [#1253](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1253)
+* remove duplicates save for the same dir [#1252](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1252)
+* add timings for resolving paths [#1284](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1284)
+
+# Documentation
+* Instructions for using stdin with kubectl [#1289](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1289)
+* Add GoReportCard badge to README [#1249](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1249)
+* Make support clause more bold. [#1273](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1273)
+* Correct typo [#1250](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1250)
+* docs: add registry-certificate flag to readme [#1276](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/pull/1276)
+
+Huge thank you for this release towards our contributors: 
+- Anthony Davies
+- Art Begolli
+- Batuhan Apaydın
+- Ben Einaudi
+- Carlos Alexandro Becker
+- Carlos Sanchez
+- Chris Sng
+- Cole Wippern
+- Dani Raznikov
+- Daniel Marks
+- David Dooling
+- DracoBlue
+- Gabriel Virga
+- Gilbert Gilb's
+- Giovan Isa Musthofa
+- Gábor Lipták
+- James Ravn
+- Jon Henrik Bjørnstad
+- Jordan GOASDOUE
+- Liubov Grinkevich
+- Logan.Price
+- Lukasz Jakimczuk
+- Mehdi Abaakouk
+- Michel Hollands
+- Mitchell Friedman
+- Moritz Wanzenböck
+- Or Sela
+- PhoenixMage
+- Sam Stoelinga
+- Tejal Desai
+- Thomas Bonfort
+- Thomas Stromberg
+- Thomas Strömberg
+- Tom Prince
+- Vincent Latombe
+- Wietse Muizelaar
+- Yoan Blanc
+- Yoriyasu Yano
+- Yuheng Zhang
+- cvgw
+- ohchang-kwon
+- tinkerborg
+- xanonid
+- yw-liu
+
 # v0.22.0 Release 2020-05-07
 This is a minor release of kaniko fixing:
 - GCB Authentication issue
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cc372b64d..0966fe693 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 # Bump these on release
 VERSION_MAJOR ?= 0
-VERSION_MINOR ?= 22
+VERSION_MINOR ?= 23
 VERSION_BUILD ?= 0
 
 VERSION ?= v$(VERSION_MAJOR).$(VERSION_MINOR).$(VERSION_BUILD)