diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f14536b3..1dec0d46 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.5.23 (01 November 2016)
+--------------------------
+
+- enable -fPIC by default if supported and enable stack protection options on *BSD [#145]
+
 0.5.22 (06 September 2016)
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e7efc37b..fede40f1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is intended to be sourced by sh
-PKG_VERSION=0.5.22
+PKG_VERSION=0.5.23