From 43f9b5ff84ecd4f2bd47138c943c6821bce7487c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Sinjakli <chris@sinjakli.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 14:35:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare release 4.2.3

Signed-off-by: Chris Sinjakli <chris@sinjakli.co.uk>
---
 CHANGELOG.md                     | 11 +++++++++++
 lib/prometheus/client/version.rb |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 225166e5..01a19312 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@
 
 _None outstanding_
 
+# 4.2.3 / 2024-06-28
+
+_**Codename:** Now with 25% fewer test dependencies!_
+
+## Small improvements
+
+- [#308](https://github.com/prometheus/client_ruby/pull/308) Declare base64 gem
+    dependency, ready for Ruby 3.4:
+    Ruby 3.4 and above will require an explicit dependency on `base64` as it will no
+    longer be included with CRuby. This gets us ready for that change.
+
 # 4.2.2 / 2023-10-31
 
 _**Codename:** 🎃🦇 Spooky type conversion 🦇🎃_
diff --git a/lib/prometheus/client/version.rb b/lib/prometheus/client/version.rb
index 6a6d4140..f970322c 100644
--- a/lib/prometheus/client/version.rb
+++ b/lib/prometheus/client/version.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 module Prometheus
   module Client
-    VERSION = '4.2.2'
+    VERSION = '4.2.3'
   end
 end