diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 9428c76ad6..639cab0f5b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Note that ``PHAB_ID=#`` and ``RB_ID=#`` correspond to associated messages in com
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
+23.11.0
+-------
+
 New Features
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fdbd1e8174..b793d5edd3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # Finagle
 
-[![Build Status](https://github.com/twitter/finagle/workflows/continuous%20integration/badge.svg?branch=develop)](https://github.com/twitter/finagle/actions?query=workflow%3A%22continuous+integration%22+branch%3Adevelop)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/twitter/finagle/workflows/continuous%20integration/badge.svg?branch=release)](https://github.com/twitter/finagle/actions?query=workflow%3A%22continuous+integration%22+branch%3Arelease)
 [![Project status](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-active-brightgreen.svg)](#status)
 [![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/twitter/finagle.svg)](https://gitter.im/twitter/finagle?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge)
 [![Maven Central](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/com.twitter/finagle-core_2.12/badge.svg)](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/com.twitter/finagle-core_2.12)
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 6116290e65..3ce5105e58 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Global / onChangedBuildSource := ReloadOnSourceChanges
 Global / excludeLintKeys += scalacOptions
 
 // All Twitter library releases are date versioned as YY.MM.patch
-val releaseVersion = "23.11.0-SNAPSHOT"
+val releaseVersion = "23.11.0"
 
 val libthriftVersion = "0.10.0"
 
diff --git a/doc/src/sphinx/code/client-server-anatomy/build.sbt b/doc/src/sphinx/code/client-server-anatomy/build.sbt
index 568f4dad7c..3fecd3dcd6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sphinx/code/client-server-anatomy/build.sbt
+++ b/doc/src/sphinx/code/client-server-anatomy/build.sbt
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ version := "1.0"
 scalaVersion := "2.12.12"
 
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-  "com.twitter" %% "finagle-core" % "22.12.0"
+  "com.twitter" %% "finagle-core" % "23.11.0"
 )
diff --git a/doc/src/sphinx/code/protocols/build.sbt b/doc/src/sphinx/code/protocols/build.sbt
index 117fd1c1dd..5809855765 100644
--- a/doc/src/sphinx/code/protocols/build.sbt
+++ b/doc/src/sphinx/code/protocols/build.sbt
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ version := "1.0"
 scalaVersion := "2.12.13"
 
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-  "com.twitter" %% "finagle-mysql" % "22.12.0"
+  "com.twitter" %% "finagle-mysql" % "23.11.0"
 )
diff --git a/doc/src/sphinx/code/quickstart/build.sbt b/doc/src/sphinx/code/quickstart/build.sbt
index d7fecbfcbb..5e9ffca353 100644
--- a/doc/src/sphinx/code/quickstart/build.sbt
+++ b/doc/src/sphinx/code/quickstart/build.sbt
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ lazy val root = (project in file(".")).
     )),
     name := "quickstart",
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-      "com.twitter" %% "finagle-http" % "22.12.0"
+      "com.twitter" %% "finagle-http" % "23.11.0"
     )
   )
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index a5ce794c99..38c4ca19f3 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 resolvers += Classpaths.sbtPluginReleases
 resolvers += Resolver.sonatypeRepo("snapshots")
 
-val releaseVersion = "23.11.0-SNAPSHOT"
+val releaseVersion = "23.11.0"
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.twitter" % "scrooge-sbt-plugin" % releaseVersion)