diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
index 807010022c724..aebd75a4daa36 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.0.0-rc.23](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.0.0-rc.22...v2.0.0-rc.23) (2021-09-22)
+
 ## [2.0.0-rc.22](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.0.0-rc.21...v2.0.0-rc.22) (2021-09-15)
 
 ## [2.0.0-rc.21](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.0.0-rc.20...v2.0.0-rc.21) (2021-09-08)
diff --git a/version.v2.json b/version.v2.json
index 2f67235fcdf6a..c5e140de78780 100644
--- a/version.v2.json
+++ b/version.v2.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.22"
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.23"
 }
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