diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fc60cc05..e08fd7bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # Note
 New releases are marked in the repository using tags. Simply checkout the master branch for the lastest version or use git checkout if you require a specific release, for example 'git checkout 2022.10'.
 
+# Release 2023.08
+- Model is stored as HDF5 file, no more .pickle files in most workflows
+- Speed up preprocessing for structural models with many degrees of freedom
+- Import of system matrices (mass, stiffness) from Nastran via HDF5
+- Fixed handling of deformations in local grid point coordinate systems (CP and CD)
+- Improved / more robust comparisons with reference data during testing (signs of eigenvalues and vectors may change depending on outside temperature, humidity and the phase of the moon...)
+- Minor improvements to SU2 CFD solver interface
+
 # Release 2023.06
 - Publication as Open Source under the BSD 3-Clause License 
 - Update of the documentation to Version 1.04
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2768c14c..84a16670 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 def my_setup():
     setup(name='Loads-Kernel',
-          version='2023.06',
+          version='2023.08',
           description='The Loads Kernel Software allows for the calculation of quasi-steady and dynamic maneuver loads, unsteady gust loads in the time and frequency domain as well as dynamic landing loads based on a generic landing gear module.',
           url='https://wiki.dlr.de/display/AE/Loads+Kernel%3A+Lastenrechnung',
           author='Arne Voß',