diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## 0.23.1
+
+December 9, 2022
+
+### Fixed
+* Only stop receiving stream on `body_stream` if body is empty on the `BaseHTTPMiddleware` [#1940](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1940).
+
 ## 0.23.0
 
 December 5, 2022
diff --git a/starlette/__init__.py b/starlette/__init__.py
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--- a/starlette/__init__.py
+++ b/starlette/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.23.0"
+__version__ = "0.23.1"