diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 57807d6d..9754f0fb 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.22.0
+1.23.0-pre1
diff --git a/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 48b888e2..843f7b81 100644
--- a/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 <!-- This changes the project to: -->
 
+## v1.23.0: Lyse Hext
+
 - Added `(data)/meta/default-config.yaml` for importing the entire default configuration at once.
 - Add `-custom-real-ip-header` flag to get the original request IP from a different header than `x-real-ip`.
 - Add `contentLength` variable to bot expressions.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c1398271..41c77cfe 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@techaro/anubis",
-  "version": "1.22.0",
+  "version": "1.23.0-pre1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@techaro/anubis",
-      "version": "1.22.0",
+      "version": "1.23.0-pre1",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-crypto/sha256-js": "^5.2.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6ed65072..7c313aa1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@techaro/anubis",
-  "version": "1.22.0",
+  "version": "1.23.0-pre1",
   "description": "",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {