diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc5b266..9a0bd6e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## [v2.23.1](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/releases/tag/v2.23.1) - 2025-02-20
+
+### Fix
+
+* Runtime error when Pandas Series is not always of string type ([#1024](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/1024)) ([`6796f0a`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/6796f0a13263281cd48712b3c71579bfd81bb0d1))
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Revamp picture description example ([#1015](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/1015)) ([`27c0400`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/27c04007bc1be7a6f6c90aaf04ea9f4ff8eb1f3d))
+
 ## [v2.23.0](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/releases/tag/v2.23.0) - 2025-02-17
 
 ### Feature
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0c04acf..64346ba 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "docling"
-version = "2.23.0"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
+version = "2.23.1"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
 description = "SDK and CLI for parsing PDF, DOCX, HTML, and more, to a unified document representation for powering downstream workflows such as gen AI applications."
 authors = ["Christoph Auer <cau@zurich.ibm.com>", "Michele Dolfi <dol@zurich.ibm.com>", "Maxim Lysak <mly@zurich.ibm.com>", "Nikos Livathinos <nli@zurich.ibm.com>", "Ahmed Nassar <ahn@zurich.ibm.com>", "Panos Vagenas <pva@zurich.ibm.com>", "Peter Staar <taa@zurich.ibm.com>"]
 license = "MIT"