diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1be065ca..562c4e6c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-gphoto2 2.5.20.1 development
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+gphoto2 2.5.23 release
+
+* some bugfixes
+
 gphoto2 2.5.20 release
 
 * maximum number in file ranges bumped from 16384 to 65536
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c19fed94..bf0fe821 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-dnl Next stable release must be 2.5.21 or later
-AC_INIT([gphoto2 command line interface], [2.5.20.1], [gphoto-devel@lists.sourceforge.net], [gphoto2])
+dnl Next stable release must be 2.5.24 or later
+AC_INIT([gphoto2 command line interface], [2.5.23], [gphoto-devel@lists.sourceforge.net], [gphoto2])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([gphoto2/main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([auto-m4])