diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5851f87d333..dbb0c52a189 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,28 @@
 # Changelog
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## 23.0.0-beta.1 – 2026-01-09
+### Added
+- Allow moderators to pin messages in a chat
+  [#3390](https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/issues/3390)
+- Chat is now shown in split view by default
+  [#14944](https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/issues/14944)
+- Allow users to schedule messages to send at a later time
+  [#3954](https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/issues/3954)
+- Use hardware acceleration for background blurring when available
+  [#16072](https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/issues/16072)
+- Allow participants to control noise suppression, echo cancellation and auto gain for their microphone
+  [#3252](https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/issues/3252)
+- Relay chat messages via the High-performance backend to improve performance and scaling
+  [#624](https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/issues/624)
+
+### Changed
+- Update dependencies
+- Update translations
+- Require Nextcloud 33 / Hub 26 Winter
+- Enable notifications in group conversations by default for new instances
+  [#16319](https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/issues/16319)
+
 ## 22.0.7 – 2025-12-17
 ### Changed
 - Update dependencies
diff --git a/appinfo/info.xml b/appinfo/info.xml
index 2b27488f583..b00e2170021 100644
--- a/appinfo/info.xml
+++ b/appinfo/info.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 * 🌉 **Sync with other chat solutions** With [Matterbridge](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/) being integrated in Talk, you can easily sync a lot of other chat solutions to Nextcloud Talk and vice-versa.
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-	<version>23.0.0-dev.4</version>
+	<version>23.0.0-beta.1</version>
 	<licence>agpl</licence>
 
 	<author>Anna Larch</author>
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 46f14ea5b19..333111711d7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "talk",
-  "version": "23.0.0-dev.0",
+  "version": "23.0.0-beta.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "talk",
-      "version": "23.0.0-dev.0",
+      "version": "23.0.0-beta.1",
       "license": "agpl",
       "dependencies": {
         "@matrix-org/olm": "^3.2.15",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2ca9436abf9..485f46ec48f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "talk",
-  "version": "23.0.0-dev.0",
+  "version": "23.0.0-beta.1",
   "private": true,
   "description": "",
   "license": "agpl",