diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 203b2f6a3f..2b12128544 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+	--- 9.16.23 released ---
+
 5752.	[bug]		Fix an assertion failure caused by missing member zones
 			during a reload of a catalog zone. [GL #2308]
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e238059636..ed2d4869e5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -26522,10 +26522,9 @@ fi
     echo "    localstatedir: $localstatedir"
     echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
     echo "Compiler: $CC"
-    if test "$GCC" = "yes"
-then :
+    if test "$GCC" = "yes"; then :
   $CC --version 2>&1 | sed 's/^/    /'
-else $as_nop
+else
   case $host in #(
   *-solaris*) :
     $CC -V 2>&1 | sed 's/^/    /' ;; #(
diff --git a/version b/version
index 949f7428c8..90fa775038 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ PRODUCT=BIND
 DESCRIPTION="(Extended Support Version)"
 MAJORVER=9
 MINORVER=16
-PATCHVER=22
+PATCHVER=23
 RELEASETYPE=
 RELEASEVER=
 EXTENSIONS=