diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 2e24fab37ad..3fb80be60f6 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,25 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+23.0.1 (2023-02-17)
+===================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Ignore PIP_REQUIRE_VIRTUALENV for ``pip index`` (`#11671 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11671>`_)
+- Implement ``--break-system-packages`` to permit installing packages into
+  ``EXTERNALLY-MANAGED`` Python installations. (`#11780 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11780>`_)
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- Improve handling of isolated build environments on platforms that
+  customize the Python's installation schemes, such as Debian and
+  Homebrew. (`#11740 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11740>`_)
+- Do not crash in presence of misformatted hash field in ``direct_url.json``. (`#11773 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11773>`_)
+
+
 23.0 (2023-01-30)
 =================
 
diff --git a/news/11671.feature.rst b/news/11671.feature.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 31f81f8da00..00000000000
--- a/news/11671.feature.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Ignore PIP_REQUIRE_VIRTUALENV for ``pip index``
diff --git a/news/11740.bugfix.rst b/news/11740.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 917beb5354f..00000000000
--- a/news/11740.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Improve handling of isolated build environments on platforms that
-customize the Python's installation schemes, such as Debian and
-Homebrew.
diff --git a/news/11773.bugfix.rst b/news/11773.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 077bf061259..00000000000
--- a/news/11773.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Do not crash in presence of misformatted hash field in ``direct_url.json``.
diff --git a/news/11780.feature.rst b/news/11780.feature.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index b765de6c59a..00000000000
--- a/news/11780.feature.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Implement ``--break-system-packages`` to permit installing packages into
-``EXTERNALLY-MANAGED`` Python installations.
diff --git a/src/pip/__init__.py b/src/pip/__init__.py
index 2aead080d0f..42f6c455c6e 100644
--- a/src/pip/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pip/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import List, Optional
 
-__version__ = "23.0"
+__version__ = "23.0.1"
 
 
 def main(args: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> int: