diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index fabc491..ca222b7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.22.3
\ No newline at end of file
+0.23.0
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts b/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
index 49d1a39..e5585f0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ export interface ReleaseEntry {
 }
 
 export const RELEASE_NOTES: ReleaseEntry[] = [
+  {
+    version: "0.23.0",
+    date: "2026-07-05",
+    summary: "New optional Plex module: browse, search and play your Plex movies & TV shows.",
+    features: [
+      "Plex integration (optional): when your admin turns it on, a new “Plex” section appears in the sidebar. Browse and search your Plex movies and TV shows as cards, just like the feed, and drill into a show's seasons and episodes.",
+      "Rich Plex player: play a movie or episode right in the app. Play/pause, resume where you left off (or restart), seek, skip intro/credits, step to the previous/next episode with auto-advance, pick the audio track and turn on subtitles, adjust volume, go fullscreen — all keyboard-controllable (Space, F, arrows).",
+      "Your watched and in-progress state is saved per account and shown on the cards. Hover a card for a quick Play/Resume and a mark-watched toggle.",
+      "Download the original media file straight from the player.",
+      "Admins: enable and set up Plex under Settings → Configuration (server URL, token, media path map, which libraries to expose), with a “Test connection” + library picker.",
+    ],
+  },
   {
     version: "0.22.3",
     date: "2026-07-04",