diff --git a/yesod-core/ChangeLog.md b/yesod-core/ChangeLog.md
index 926d3ba2..2c899b82 100644
--- a/yesod-core/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/yesod-core/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
# ChangeLog for yesod-core
+## 1.6.23.1
+
+* Fix typo in creation of the description `` tag in `defaultLayout`. [#1766](https://github.com/yesodweb/yesod/pull/1766)
+
## 1.6.23
* Add idempotent versions of `setDescription`, `setDescriptionI`. These functions
diff --git a/yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Class/Yesod.hs b/yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Class/Yesod.hs
index 3a3756c6..7a66aa81 100644
--- a/yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Class/Yesod.hs
+++ b/yesod-core/src/Yesod/Core/Class/Yesod.hs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class RenderRoute site => Yesod site where
#{pageTitle p}
$maybe description <- pageDescription p
-
+
^{pageHead p}
$forall (status, msg) <- msgs
diff --git a/yesod-core/test/YesodCoreTest/Meta.hs b/yesod-core/test/YesodCoreTest/Meta.hs
index 6bd9af28..03e6e8ac 100644
--- a/yesod-core/test/YesodCoreTest/Meta.hs
+++ b/yesod-core/test/YesodCoreTest/Meta.hs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ metaTest = describe "Setting page metadata" $ do
res <- request defaultRequest
{ pathInfo = ["desc"]
}
- assertBody "\n" res
+ assertBody "\n" res
runner :: Session () -> IO ()
runner f = toWaiAppPlain App >>= runSession f
diff --git a/yesod-core/yesod-core.cabal b/yesod-core/yesod-core.cabal
index 651bcf1f..4c0fb52f 100644
--- a/yesod-core/yesod-core.cabal
+++ b/yesod-core/yesod-core.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
name: yesod-core
-version: 1.6.23
+version: 1.6.23.1
license: MIT
license-file: LICENSE
author: Michael Snoyman