diff --git a/change-notes/0_23_0.html b/change-notes/0_23_0.html
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+<h3>0.23.0 (08/04/2024)</h3>
+<p>Thirty-sixth alpha release.</p>
+<p>This release contains the following enhancements and fixes:</p>
+<ul>
+  <li><a href="https://github.com/lppedd/idea-conventional-commit/pull/130">Update Chinese translation</a></li>
+  <li>Allow specifying a schema in <code>conventionalcommit.json</code> files</li>
+  <li>Improve the quick documentation's presentation</li>
+  <li>Fix the Reformat Commit Message action</li>
+  <li>Set the execution thread for all actions</li>
+  <li>Remove redundant "file" suffix for the Conventional Commit file type</li>
+  <li>Remove most usages of deprecated signatures</li>
+  <li>Move the minimum supported IDEA version to 2022.3</li>
+  <li>Move the maximum supported IDEA version to 2024.3</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Contributors:</p>
+<ul>
+  <li><a href="https://github.com/bric3">bric3</a></li>
+  <li><a href="https://github.com/LinWanCen">LinWanCen</a></li>
+</ul>
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pluginUntilBuild = 243.*
 # Needs a change-notes page with matching version in ./change-notes/
 # Optionally, also add a matching What's New page in
 # com.github.lppedd.cc.whatsnew.InternalWhatsNewProvider.whatsNewPages
-version = 0.22.1
+version = 0.23.0
 
 # (Optional) Absolute path to a DCEVM-enabled VM, eg. '.../bin/java.exe'
 dcevmExecutable =