diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 51414aa80..0100ffd18 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## Unreleased
+
+## [0.23.0-rc0]
 ### Added
 - Added ability to create tags for both expvar and prometheus target metrics specific to a single target_metrics configuration (example below shows prometheus metrics collected from the core agent and two additional tags created)
   ```yaml
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c7c399857..622a75b1e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lading"
-version = "0.22.0"
+version = "0.23.0-rc0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-pidfd",
  "average",
diff --git a/lading/Cargo.toml b/lading/Cargo.toml
index cdf176287..93505b7e2 100644
--- a/lading/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lading/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "lading"
-version = "0.22.0"
+version = "0.23.0-rc0"
 authors = [
     "Brian L. Troutwine <brian.troutwine@datadoghq.com>",
     "George Hahn <george.hahn@datadoghq.com>",
-    "Scott Opell <scott.opell@datadoghq.com>"
+    "Scott Opell <scott.opell@datadoghq.com>",
+    "Caleb Metz <caleb.metz@datadoghq.com>"
 ]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"