diff --git a/distribution/install.sh b/distribution/install.sh
index c70549967ddfd..955332dc83814 100755
--- a/distribution/install.sh
+++ b/distribution/install.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ set -u
 
 # If PACKAGE_ROOT is unset or empty, default it.
 PACKAGE_ROOT="${PACKAGE_ROOT:-"https://packages.timber.io/vector"}"
-VECTOR_VERSION="0.23.1"
+VECTOR_VERSION="0.23.3"
 _divider="--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 _prompt=">>>"
 _indent="   "
diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/0.23.1.md b/website/content/en/releases/0.23.1.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 105c844de7d8d..0000000000000
--- a/website/content/en/releases/0.23.1.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-title: Vector v0.23.1 release notes
-weight: 21
----
diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/0.23.3.md b/website/content/en/releases/0.23.3.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..308dfb85a2b33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/content/en/releases/0.23.3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Vector v0.23.3 release notes
+weight: 21
+---
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/releases/0.23.1.cue b/website/cue/reference/releases/0.23.3.cue
similarity index 98%
rename from website/cue/reference/releases/0.23.1.cue
rename to website/cue/reference/releases/0.23.3.cue
index a941441b8bd31..b7bd920aca50e 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/releases/0.23.1.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/releases/0.23.3.cue
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package metadata
 
-releases: "0.23.1": {
-	date:     "2022-08-08"
+releases: "0.23.3": {
+	date:     "2022-08-10"
 	codename: ""
 
 	whats_next: []
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ releases: "0.23.1": {
 	description: """
 		This patch release contains a few fixes for regressions in 0.23.0.
 
+		This is the first release after 0.23.0, versions 0.23.1 and 0.23.2 were skipped.
+
 		**Note:** Please see the release notes for [`v0.23.0`](/releases/0.23.0/) for additional changes if upgrading from
 		`v0.22.X`. In particular, the upgrade guide for breaking changes.
 		"""
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/versions.cue b/website/cue/reference/versions.cue
index 3fe9bbd49e6d5..f17f08d5dd0bd 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/versions.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/versions.cue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package metadata
 
 // This has to be maintained manually because there's currently no way to sort versions programmatically
 versions: [string, ...string] & [
-		"0.23.1",
+		"0.23.3",
 		"0.23.0",
 		"0.22.3",
 		"0.22.2",