diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9c609ac8..ac502c53 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Noteworthy changes in version 1.23.0 (unreleased)
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.23.0 (2023-10-25)
 -------------------------------------------------
 
  * Support GPGME_ENCRYPT_ALWAYS_TRUST also for S/MIME.  [T6559]
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.23.0 (unreleased)
 
  * New key capability flags has_*.  [T6748]
 
+ * gpgme-tool: Support use of Windows HANDLE.  [T6634]
+
  * qt: Support refreshing keys via WKD.  [T6672]
 
+ * qt: Handle cancel in changeexpiryjob.  [T6754]
+
  * Interface changes relative to the 1.22.0 release:
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_WITH_V5FPR   NEW.
@@ -23,6 +27,10 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.23.0 (unreleased)
  qt: Protocol::wkdRefreshJob     NEW.
  qt: WKDRefreshJob               NEW.
 
+ [c=C43/A32/R0 cpp=C26/A20/R0 qt=C20/A5/R0]
+
+ Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T6774
+
 
 Noteworthy changes in version 1.22.0 (2023-08-21)
 -------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/README b/README
index 41a6695c..c2c6fada 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ See the file INSTALL for generic installation instructions.
 Check that you have unmodified sources.  See below on how to do this.
 Don't skip it - this is an important step!
 
-To build GPGME, you need to install libgpg-error (>= 1.24) and
+To build GPGME, you need to install libgpg-error (>= 1.36) and
 Libassuan (>= 2.4.2).
 
-For support of the OpenPGP and the CMS protocols, you should use the
-latest version of GnuPG (>= 2.1.18) , available at:
+For support of the OpenPGP and the CMS protocols, you should use at
+least GnuPG version 2.2.41 or 2.4.3, available at:
 https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnupg/.
 
 For building the Git version of GPGME please see the file README.GIT
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b70e31e5..69d3a640 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -53,19 +53,19 @@ AC_INIT([mym4_package],[mym4_version],[https://bugs.gnupg.org])
 #   (Interfaces added:			AGE++)
 #   (Interfaces removed:		AGE=0)
 #
-LIBGPGME_LT_CURRENT=42
-LIBGPGME_LT_AGE=31
+LIBGPGME_LT_CURRENT=43
+LIBGPGME_LT_AGE=32
 LIBGPGME_LT_REVISION=0
 
 # If there is an ABI break in gpgmepp or qgpgme also bump the
 # version in IMPORTED_LOCATION in the GpgmeppConfig-w32.cmake.in.in
 
-LIBGPGMEPP_LT_CURRENT=25
-LIBGPGMEPP_LT_AGE=19
+LIBGPGMEPP_LT_CURRENT=26
+LIBGPGMEPP_LT_AGE=20
 LIBGPGMEPP_LT_REVISION=0
 
-LIBQGPGME_LT_CURRENT=19
-LIBQGPGME_LT_AGE=4
+LIBQGPGME_LT_CURRENT=20
+LIBQGPGME_LT_AGE=5
 LIBQGPGME_LT_REVISION=0
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