diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9c1744b..69d5f8c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+0.5.23:
+
+This patch releases fixes a couple of minor issues in slibtool's own build
+system.
+
+build system: all-shared front-end variant: fix ordering of -l$(PACKAGE).
+build system: all-shared binary: added missing build-dep on $(SHARED_SOLINK).
+
 0.5.22:
 
 This patch release explicitly requests the openat() interface via definition
diff --git a/project/tagver.mk b/project/tagver.mk
index 18401a8..0c368db 100644
--- a/project/tagver.mk
+++ b/project/tagver.mk
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ VER_NAMESPACE	= SLBT
 
 VER_MAJOR	= 0
 VER_MINOR	= 5
-VER_PATCH	= 22
+VER_PATCH	= 23