diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7ed24c486..b0499634b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 23.8.0
+## Next Release
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 - Use Java 17 for build and runtime. Remove Java 11 variant of docker image. zip/tar.gz distributions will require Java 17 or above to run Web3Signer.
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index c98ffbc9a..e9d3d4380 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-besuVersion=22.10.3
+besuVersion=23.4.4
 besuDistroUrl=https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/${besuVersion}/besu-${besuVersion}.tar.gz
 
 hashicorpVaultVersion=1.9.2
diff --git a/gradle/versions.gradle b/gradle/versions.gradle
index aa2f5ec9b..f82854b8a 100644
--- a/gradle/versions.gradle
+++ b/gradle/versions.gradle
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ dependencyManagement {
       |    |    |    |    |    \--- org.apache.tuweni:tuweni-units:2.3.1 (*)
       |    |    |    |    +--- io.grpc:grpc-netty:1.47.0
      */
-    dependencySet(group: 'io.grpc', version: '1.56.0') {
+    dependencySet(group: 'io.grpc', version: '1.57.2') {
       entry 'grpc-all'
       entry 'grpc-core'
       entry 'grpc-netty'