diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 960bfc9ca..08cf190c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [23.4.0](https://gitlab2.rz.ifi.lmu.de/uni2work/uni2work/compare/v23.3.0...v23.4.0) (2020-12-09)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* use c++ library for json parsing from database ([f226751](https://gitlab2.rz.ifi.lmu.de/uni2work/uni2work/commit/f22675189e19d1cce20362121ef8c8aebe3628f1))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **jobs:** weaken crontab guarantees for performance ([212e316](https://gitlab2.rz.ifi.lmu.de/uni2work/uni2work/commit/212e316c7e256f7883e0b883942e98bf795d870b))
+
 ## [23.3.0](https://gitlab2.rz.ifi.lmu.de/uni2work/uni2work/compare/v23.2.2...v23.3.0) (2020-12-09)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index aca9f4c7f..fb479c7cd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "uni2work",
-  "version": "23.3.0",
+  "version": "23.4.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a82cc1253..82646400d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "uni2work",
-  "version": "23.3.0",
+  "version": "23.4.0",
   "description": "",
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "",
diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
index 2b0555f37..46c9fcbc7 100644
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:    uniworx
-version: 23.3.0
+version: 23.4.0
 
 dependencies:
   - base