diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 397c4203..cdcf20eb 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.22.0"
+  ".": "1.23.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 6bf5b0b2..1ce76036 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.23.0](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/compare/v1.22.0...v1.23.0) (2026-01-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add dialect connection property ([#710](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/issues/710)) ([2e92beb](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/commit/2e92beb2d10be9e2e199206a440eaf4e79f700b4))
+* Add option to decode NUMERIC to string ([#717](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/issues/717)) ([a2fdf7b](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/commit/a2fdf7b48890f5e88d72fb5779383e7161356f7c))
+* Send string params as untyped values to Spanner ([#720](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/issues/720)) ([4de7250](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/commit/4de7250a740bd1a6f781a0f6be5b670975508076))
+* Support Prepare for client-side statements ([#726](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/issues/726)) ([3a2917f](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/commit/3a2917f7b66332862e40568ebb50b09f24dee5d4))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Correctly decode specific PG JSONB and NUMERIC types ([#725](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/issues/725)) ([032afab](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/commit/032afab4683eddb7f587f355b4daf09f918b607a))
+* Only close the connector once the usage count reaches zero ([#718](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/issues/718)) ([60cc893](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/commit/60cc89343d12d252656f65feabd7b87386c9bd1f))
+* Update protobuf monorepo ([#721](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/issues/721)) ([a79356f](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/commit/a79356f9587bac364065058b997c53b3cc60a8d4))
+
 ## [1.22.0](https://github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner/compare/v1.21.0...v1.22.0) (2025-12-15)
 
 
diff --git a/driver.go b/driver.go
index 4e6f62e4..c5639a10 100644
--- a/driver.go
+++ b/driver.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
-const userAgent = "go-sql-spanner/1.22.0" // x-release-please-version
+const userAgent = "go-sql-spanner/1.23.0" // x-release-please-version
 
 const gormModule = "github.com/googleapis/go-gorm-spanner"
 const gormUserAgent = "go-gorm-spanner"