diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5a3fbc43..0515b3db 100644
--- a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "2.23.0"
+    ".": "2.23.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b7d1b2b9..71a54b77 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.23.1](https://github.com/cycle/database/compare/2.23.0...2.23.1) (2026-08-19)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* update PHP version requirement to 8.1 in README ([c864c37](https://github.com/cycle/database/commit/c864c37a11ea6667562de1723c0c4c0680ca0083))
+
 ## [2.23.0](https://github.com/cycle/database/compare/2.22.1...2.23.0) (2026-08-19)