diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 36a1f8578e9d..8af12db15dee 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.23.0",
-  "barretenberg": "0.23.0",
-  "barretenberg/ts": "0.23.0"
+  ".": "0.23.1",
+  "barretenberg": "0.23.1",
+  "barretenberg/ts": "0.23.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d94320511c65..af82c8d684ca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,64 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.23.1](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/aztec-packages-v0.23.0...aztec-packages-v0.23.1) (2024-02-12)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add hashing to stdlib transcript ([#4161](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4161)) ([e78b86f](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/e78b86f9d25cef977b4a3790cccd37a079c8a90f))
+* Added cast opcode and cast calldata ([#4423](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4423)) ([e58eda8](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/e58eda804cbdd8a7220013ac8befacbef243b856))
+* **avm:** Implement addressing modes for MOV ([#4490](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4490)) ([ab4eaf0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/ab4eaf0af9272d413c25e175aaa1e8b07039ecdb))
+* **avm:** Introduce small e2e test  ([#4470](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4470)) ([7b4c6e7](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/7b4c6e769e0b52f61930de085d8e95fe5fdadec2))
+* Aztec.js API for registering a contract class ([#4469](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4469)) ([d566c74](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/d566c74786a1ea960e9beee4599c1fdedc7ae6eb))
+* **docs:** DIP1 - Extracting how-tos ([#4251](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4251)) ([9d50e24](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/9d50e24024f4c13de1ac27691f3981ded4a0125e))
+* Enable gmock and upgrade gtest to 1.13 ([#4480](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4480)) ([5fc02e7](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/5fc02e7f9227788a529c05efbc844a35ec810773))
+* IVC bench ([#4515](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4515)) ([d8ae42b](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/d8ae42b1d9ea626dc213739825576522552998ad))
+* Nicer API for instance deployment ([#4493](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4493)) ([99c3fba](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/99c3fbad02d0a2b873f46f79d70da84de85af310))
+* Op count timers ([#4471](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4471)) ([26918de](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/26918de4396269eda6c66efc745cf510460a885a))
+* PG + Goblin ([#4399](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4399)) ([295cd55](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/295cd5564048ca27316c508766a2dcfc3cc1bf7e))
+* Prototype native merkle trees ([#4457](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4457)) ([7d5e056](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/7d5e0563edf3c7397ca994033b703149242cc24c))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **bb:** Publishing bb for mac intel ([#4523](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4523)) ([4982e3c](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/4982e3c4ab3b7414ff20c950986b5e0db56b0cfb))
+* Broken links in docs [REDO] ([#4540](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4540)) ([ce2a205](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/ce2a20561f758a735756d849cf05e7f5a60aa6a5))
+* **build-system:** Image expiring ([#4521](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4521)) ([1501afd](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/1501afde2cd2354ac6f3b5cb79dc3a743811fdec))
+* Convert folding recursive verifier ops to batch mul ([#4517](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4517)) ([3750b26](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/3750b262af14ec00edced670d1fbc3d79dfb6b11))
+* Cycle_group validate_is_on_curve bug ([#4494](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4494)) ([fecf3f7](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/fecf3f7618d1e016ea5c3afc97e4253639c1d983))
+* Field divison / journal comparisions ([#4489](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4489)) ([15c06c5](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/15c06c5281ef1905690d20d9b2759059d1a41961))
+* Master ([#4547](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4547)) ([490ca26](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/490ca26539fe9a951f2f1cfeed9c40be55793d90))
+* Mirror_noir_subrepo.yml ([#4550](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4550)) ([f8d8311](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/f8d83115705590bcad5c0b7473faed8156a5dbfd))
+* StandardCircuitBuilder create_logic_constraint and uint logic_operator ([#4530](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4530)) ([ce51d20](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/ce51d206ab54f769654422109fb7baa3d8ce2d72))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* Aligning some naming in `BaseOrMergeRollupPublicInputs` ([#4510](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4510)) ([47d66f9](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/47d66f9119cad1a82b621d30acab88f47886e063))
+* **avm:** Add/improve tests for AvmContext, tagged memory, etc ([#4484](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4484)) ([2fccdf2](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/2fccdf2408912b0b6b4abef71ab55dce01bdae73))
+* **avm:** Remove field support for comparators and bitwise ops ([#4516](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4516)) ([87a9663](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/87a96635e5f873fcb4918fc05a3f6fbe66986ad7))
+* **avm:** Use some matchers gtest functionalities to improve unit tests ([#4502](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4502)) ([bf4fc6c](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/bf4fc6c7d50957236d56b311dd0272b1dceca92f)), closes [#4495](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4495)
+* Cleanup of `abi.nr` in `aztec-nr` ([#4473](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4473)) ([6d9c73a](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/6d9c73aa2bc88ffabf233db2afd9d53556745e7e))
+* Create constraints for sha256 compression opcode ([#4503](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4503)) ([64bef49](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/64bef495d5ba25bb1d4b191e139618f5c491420d))
+* Little cpp style improvements ([#4528](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4528)) ([dcc9ba4](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/dcc9ba47b34201566d9433dce6be7da7ab54ccea))
+* Pull noir ([#4546](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4546)) ([acf5cf2](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/acf5cf231e883daaa5c3e85d7739281a994cfb9e))
+* Redo noir subrepo force push ([#4514](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4514)) ([7b519a4](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/7b519a4b752dede36d8f2516c798d81fd36f4f73))
+* Removing redundant utilities ([#4532](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4532)) ([79bf445](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/79bf44581ea3039a33ea63bb1a2ed429bfa0ece8)), closes [#3470](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/3470)
+* Rename kernel circuits and disambiguate inputs ([#4535](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4535)) ([ed6d521](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/ed6d5218d28d2b6f556ea70188d1b7d331285dc9))
+* Replace relative paths to noir-protocol-circuits ([f1accbf](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/f1accbfdbd7fb3af3feb2fdcf5266143954bc1e6))
+* Replace relative paths to noir-protocol-circuits ([20ee430](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/20ee43056591b576fb9f4473137ccafb5afb9232))
+* Replace relative paths to noir-protocol-circuits ([101ab59](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/101ab597a6dfea1ef4c5da461cdec17e57912d4a))
+* Simulator utils cleanup ([#4507](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4507)) ([1dd0ebf](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/1dd0ebfdec2942ceecb958a15c84085ca8bb3d5a))
+* Testing all values in `PublicGlobalVariables` and `PrivateGlobalVariables` ([#4481](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4481)) ([bc25f9b](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/bc25f9bd8448136b70763d232d62867e4bd4ec4e))
+* Testing historical header in contexts ([#4509](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4509)) ([c00229a](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/c00229a12681ba273322e86370188496c05e4691))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Describe the new message box model ([#4485](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4485)) ([14cc1dd](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/14cc1dd422ae55aa381cf1f39e157e34ac4ee90b))
+* Review of docs, so far ([#4505](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4505)) ([140c508](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/140c5080b98107821a968fbb0e9e716a9360bf90))
+* **yellowpaper:** Separate section for AVM state ([#4440](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4440)) ([7881f09](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/7881f09aa7628ac3adf447a7b696a614dcc47fee))
+
 ## [0.23.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/aztec-packages-v0.22.0...aztec-packages-v0.23.0) (2024-02-07)
 
 
diff --git a/barretenberg/CHANGELOG.md b/barretenberg/CHANGELOG.md
index 7fce1d30f4b3..eb3df5c5f392 100644
--- a/barretenberg/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/barretenberg/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,32 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.23.1](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg-v0.23.0...barretenberg-v0.23.1) (2024-02-12)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add hashing to stdlib transcript ([#4161](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4161)) ([e78b86f](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/e78b86f9d25cef977b4a3790cccd37a079c8a90f))
+* Added cast opcode and cast calldata ([#4423](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4423)) ([e58eda8](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/e58eda804cbdd8a7220013ac8befacbef243b856))
+* Enable gmock and upgrade gtest to 1.13 ([#4480](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4480)) ([5fc02e7](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/5fc02e7f9227788a529c05efbc844a35ec810773))
+* IVC bench ([#4515](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4515)) ([d8ae42b](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/d8ae42b1d9ea626dc213739825576522552998ad))
+* Op count timers ([#4471](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4471)) ([26918de](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/26918de4396269eda6c66efc745cf510460a885a))
+* PG + Goblin ([#4399](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4399)) ([295cd55](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/295cd5564048ca27316c508766a2dcfc3cc1bf7e))
+* Prototype native merkle trees ([#4457](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4457)) ([7d5e056](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/7d5e0563edf3c7397ca994033b703149242cc24c))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Convert folding recursive verifier ops to batch mul ([#4517](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4517)) ([3750b26](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/3750b262af14ec00edced670d1fbc3d79dfb6b11))
+* Cycle_group validate_is_on_curve bug ([#4494](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4494)) ([fecf3f7](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/fecf3f7618d1e016ea5c3afc97e4253639c1d983))
+* StandardCircuitBuilder create_logic_constraint and uint logic_operator ([#4530](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4530)) ([ce51d20](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/ce51d206ab54f769654422109fb7baa3d8ce2d72))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* **avm:** Use some matchers gtest functionalities to improve unit tests ([#4502](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4502)) ([bf4fc6c](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/bf4fc6c7d50957236d56b311dd0272b1dceca92f)), closes [#4495](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4495)
+* Create constraints for sha256 compression opcode ([#4503](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4503)) ([64bef49](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/64bef495d5ba25bb1d4b191e139618f5c491420d))
+* Little cpp style improvements ([#4528](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4528)) ([dcc9ba4](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/dcc9ba47b34201566d9433dce6be7da7ab54ccea))
+
 ## [0.23.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg-v0.22.0...barretenberg-v0.23.0) (2024-02-07)
 
 
diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/barretenberg/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index bcf233cffed0..cd8a9866d976 100644
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(
     Barretenberg
     DESCRIPTION "BN254 elliptic curve library, and PLONK SNARK prover"
-    VERSION 0.23.0 # x-release-please-version
+    VERSION 0.23.1 # x-release-please-version
     LANGUAGES CXX C
 )
 # Insert version into `bb` config file
diff --git a/barretenberg/ts/CHANGELOG.md b/barretenberg/ts/CHANGELOG.md
index c8929fe53372..c245bf781f8b 100644
--- a/barretenberg/ts/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/barretenberg/ts/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.23.1](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg.js-v0.23.0...barretenberg.js-v0.23.1) (2024-02-12)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Prototype native merkle trees ([#4457](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/4457)) ([7d5e056](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/7d5e0563edf3c7397ca994033b703149242cc24c))
+
 ## [0.23.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg.js-v0.22.0...barretenberg.js-v0.23.0) (2024-02-07)
 
 
diff --git a/barretenberg/ts/package.json b/barretenberg/ts/package.json
index 7a886782f54f..bfa4f40ed90e 100644
--- a/barretenberg/ts/package.json
+++ b/barretenberg/ts/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@aztec/bb.js",
-  "version": "0.23.0",
+  "version": "0.23.1",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/tree/master/barretenberg/ts",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",