diff --git a/.changelog/5480.bugfix.md b/.changelog/5480.bugfix.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a4294c7ae6..00000000000
--- a/.changelog/5480.bugfix.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-go/p2p/peermgmt: Find peers and connect only when needed
-
-If we are already connected to a sufficient number of peers
-for a given topic or protocol, there's no need to retrieve
-additional peers from the registry or the seed node.
diff --git a/.changelog/5481.bugfix.md b/.changelog/5481.bugfix.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 91f0be46b7f..00000000000
--- a/.changelog/5481.bugfix.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-go/consensus/cometbft/light: Only fetch from light store for now
-
-In practice the previously introduced fetch from light client caused
-the light client to fall back to slow backwards verification due to
-target blocks being in the past, below the pruning window.
diff --git a/.changelog/5484.trivial.md b/.changelog/5484.trivial.md
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index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/.punch_version.py b/.punch_version.py
index 318204b216a..16749f421e2 100644
--- a/.punch_version.py
+++ b/.punch_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 year = '23'
 minor = 0
-micro = 6
+micro = 7
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,30 @@ The format is inspired by [Keep a Changelog].
 
 <!-- TOWNCRIER -->
 
+## 23.0.7 (2023-11-28)
+
+| Protocol          | Version   |
+|:------------------|:---------:|
+| Consensus         | 7.0.0     |
+| Runtime Host      | 5.1.0     |
+| Runtime Committee | 5.0.0     |
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- go/p2p/peermgmt: Find peers and connect only when needed
+  ([#5480](https://github.com/oasisprotocol/oasis-core/issues/5480))
+
+  If we are already connected to a sufficient number of peers
+  for a given topic or protocol, there's no need to retrieve
+  additional peers from the registry or the seed node.
+
+- go/consensus/cometbft/light: Only fetch from light store for now
+  ([#5481](https://github.com/oasisprotocol/oasis-core/issues/5481))
+
+  In practice the previously introduced fetch from light client caused
+  the light client to fall back to slow backwards verification due to
+  target blocks being in the past, below the pruning window.
+
 ## 23.0.6 (2023-11-27)
 
 | Protocol          | Version   |