diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 469f44c..4ca17b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.0.23] - 2020-02-13
+
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+### Deprecated
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+
+### Security
+
 ## [0.0.22] - 2020-02-11
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/config.nix b/config.nix
index 452349d..85a753b 100644
--- a/config.nix
+++ b/config.nix
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ hcs-release-hook-version
   # the commit hash that the release process should target
   # this will always be behind what ends up being deployed
   # the release process needs to add some commits for changelog etc.
-  commit = "35b7fca4fa3eaab9f99608e94ffeef76e9173e3f";
+  commit = "ba19d3434c163d0042216a72afcc2b04e895add3";
 
   # the semver for prev and current releases
   # the previous version will be scanned/bumped by release scripts
   # the current version is what the release scripts bump *to*
   version = {
-   current = "0.0.22";
+   current = "0.0.23";
    # not used by version hooks in this repo
    previous = "_._._";
   };
diff --git a/crates/holochain_json_api/Cargo.toml b/crates/holochain_json_api/Cargo.toml
index 3b5bc26..37a27cf 100644
--- a/crates/holochain_json_api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/holochain_json_api/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "holochain_json_api"
-version = "0.0.22"
+version = "0.0.23"
 authors = ["Holochain Core Dev Team <devcore@holochain.org>"]
 build = "build.rs"
 description = "json api and utilities for holochain"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ shrinkwraprs = "=0.2.1"
 objekt = "=0.1.2"
 # keep the version on the left hand side
 # there is a regex in the release hook looking for it
-holochain_json_derive = { version = "=0.0.22", path = "../holochain_json_derive" }
+holochain_json_derive = { version = "=0.0.23", path = "../holochain_json_derive" }
 uuid = { version = "=0.7.1", features = ["v4"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/holochain_json_derive/Cargo.toml b/crates/holochain_json_derive/Cargo.toml
index 2eff3e7..ea9a6bf 100644
--- a/crates/holochain_json_derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/holochain_json_derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "holochain_json_derive"
-version = "0.0.22"
+version = "0.0.23"
 authors = ["Holochain Core Dev Team <devcore@holochain.org>"]
 description = "Provides derive macros for holochain persistence."
 edition="2018"