diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 279861b9e8b..cd199eebedd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,27 @@
 # Changelog
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## 23.0.0-rc.2 – 2026-01-29
+### Added
+- feat(openmetrics): Add number of calls and participants to openmetrics
+  [#16874](https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/pull/16874)
+- feat(chat): Show message expiration in sidebar
+  [#16830](https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/pull/16830)
+
+### Changed
+- Update dependencies
+- Update translations
+
+### Fixed
+- fix(chat): Polishing of message bubbles and pinned messages
+  [#16906](https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/pull/16906)
+- fix(chat): Fix email guests without a displayname showing a HASH
+  [#16868](https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/pull/16868)
+- fix(bots): Fix actor information when a reaction was done
+  [#16899](https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/pull/16899)
+- fix(bots): Fix bot reaction missing in relayed chat messages
+  [#16895](https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed/pull/16895)
+
 ## 23.0.0-rc.1 – 2026-01-22
 ### Changed
 - Update dependencies
diff --git a/appinfo/info.xml b/appinfo/info.xml
index bdedec73ff9..23b6151133e 100644
--- a/appinfo/info.xml
+++ b/appinfo/info.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 * 🌉 **Sync with other chat solutions** With [Matterbridge](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/) being integrated in Talk, you can easily sync a lot of other chat solutions to Nextcloud Talk and vice-versa.
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-	<version>23.0.0-rc.1</version>
+	<version>23.0.0-rc.2</version>
 	<licence>agpl</licence>
 
 	<author>Anna Larch</author>
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6659c3e5fb9..62510ff2018 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "talk",
-  "version": "23.0.0-rc.1",
+  "version": "23.0.0-rc.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "talk",
-      "version": "23.0.0-rc.1",
+      "version": "23.0.0-rc.2",
       "license": "agpl",
       "dependencies": {
         "@matrix-org/olm": "^3.2.15",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 884558798bf..fd5a808bcf6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "talk",
-  "version": "23.0.0-rc.1",
+  "version": "23.0.0-rc.2",
   "private": true,
   "description": "",
   "license": "agpl",