diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a7d4a103d9..3c9d9fa680 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 23)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 0)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 1)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, 0)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, 1)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2022)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS,[The %s developers])
diff --git a/doc/bips.md b/doc/bips.md
index 0f3f61daf1..8a7ceaf7b3 100644
--- a/doc/bips.md
+++ b/doc/bips.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BIPs that are implemented by Bitcoin Core (up-to-date up to **v23.0**):
+BIPs that are implemented by Bitcoin Core (up-to-date up to **v23.1**):
 
 * [`BIP 9`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0009.mediawiki): The changes allowing multiple soft-forks to be deployed in parallel have been implemented since **v0.12.1**  ([PR #7575](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7575))
 * [`BIP 11`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0011.mediawiki): Multisig outputs are standard since **v0.6.0** ([PR #669](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/669)).
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ BIPs that are implemented by Bitcoin Core (up-to-date up to **v23.0**):
   and it is disabled by default at build time since **v0.19.0** ([PR #15584](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15584)).
   It has been removed as of **v0.20.0** ([PR 17165](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/17165)).
 * [`BIP 84`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0084.mediawiki): The experimental descriptor wallets introduced in **v0.21.0** by default use the Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet derivation proposed by BIP 84. ([PR #16528](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16528))
+* [`BIP 86`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0086.mediawiki): Descriptor wallets by default use the Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet derivation proposed by BIP 86 since **v23.0** ([PR #22364](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/22364)).
 * [`BIP 90`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0090.mediawiki): Trigger mechanism for activation of BIPs 34, 65, and 66 has been simplified to block height checks since **v0.14.0** ([PR #8391](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8391)).
 * [`BIP 111`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0111.mediawiki): `NODE_BLOOM` service bit added, and enforced for all peer versions as of **v0.13.0** ([PR #6579](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/6579) and [PR #6641](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/6641)).
 * [`BIP 112`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0112.mediawiki): The CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY opcode has been implemented since **v0.12.1** ([PR #7524](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7524)), and has been *buried* since **v0.19.0** ([PR #16060](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16060)).
diff --git a/doc/man/bitcoin-util.1 b/doc/man/bitcoin-util.1
index e5ae0197e7..690b2a7bcc 100644
--- a/doc/man/bitcoin-util.1
+++ b/doc/man/bitcoin-util.1
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.1.
-.TH BITCOIN-UTIL "1" "April 2022" "bitcoin-util v23.0.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.2.
+.TH BITCOIN-UTIL "1" "November 2022" "bitcoin-util v23.1.0rc1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoin-util \- manual page for bitcoin-util v23.0.0
+bitcoin-util \- manual page for bitcoin-util v23.1.0rc1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoin-util
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,commands\/\fR]  \fI\,Do stuff\/\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-util utility version v23.0.0
+Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-util utility version v23.1.0rc1
 .SH OPTIONS
 .HP
 \-?