diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f0925e7..6236c62 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # cartodb/Makefile
 
 EXTENSION = cartodb
-EXTVERSION = 0.22.3
+EXTVERSION = 0.23.0
 
 SED = sed
 AWK = awk
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ UPGRADABLE = \
   0.22.0 \
   0.22.1 \
   0.22.2 \
-  0.22.3 \
+  0.23.0 \
   $(EXTVERSION)dev \
   $(EXTVERSION)next \
   $(END)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 989ee51..0b26f55 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+0.23.0 (2018-07-03)
+* Add a new helper function `_CDB_Table_Exists(table_name_with_optional_schema TEXT)` #332
+
 0.22.2 (2018-05-29)
 * Fix: Fix hyphenates usernames in 0.22.1 fix (#331)