diff --git a/Makefile-libostree.am b/Makefile-libostree.am
index 55813dd18b..12f1ffb436 100644
--- a/Makefile-libostree.am
+++ b/Makefile-libostree.am
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ endif # USE_GPGME
 symbol_files = $(top_srcdir)/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
 
 # Uncomment this include when adding new development symbols.
-if BUILDOPT_IS_DEVEL_BUILD
-symbol_files += $(top_srcdir)/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
-endif
+#if BUILDOPT_IS_DEVEL_BUILD
+#symbol_files += $(top_srcdir)/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
+#endif
 
 # http://blog.jgc.org/2007/06/escaping-comma-and-space-in-gnu-make.html
 wl_versionscript_arg = -Wl,--version-script=
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 33a8fe370c..5b6f22b936 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.63])
 dnl To perform a release, follow the instructions in `docs/CONTRIBUTING.md`.
-m4_define([year_version], [2022])
-m4_define([release_version], [8])
+m4_define([year_version], [2023])
+m4_define([release_version], [1])
 m4_define([package_version], [year_version.release_version])
 AC_INIT([libostree], [package_version], [walters@verbum.org])
-is_release_build=no
+is_release_build=yes
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([buildutil])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
index c1a8f94eec..9168db734a 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@
    - uncomment the include in Makefile-libostree.am
 */
 
-LIBOSTREE_2023.1 {
-global:
-  ostree_repo_regenerate_metadata;
-} LIBOSTREE_2022.7;
-
 /* Stub section for the stable release *after* this development one; don't
  * edit this other than to update the year.  This is just a copy/paste
  * source.  Replace $LASTSTABLE with the last stable version, and $NEWVERSION
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
index ee4e3fde57..f210a1a00a 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
@@ -696,6 +696,11 @@ global:
   ostree_sysroot_initialize_with_mount_namespace;
 } LIBOSTREE_2022.5;
 
+LIBOSTREE_2023.1 {
+global:
+  ostree_repo_regenerate_metadata;
+} LIBOSTREE_2022.7;
+
 /* NOTE: Only add more content here in release commits!  See the
  * comments at the top of this file.
  */
diff --git a/tests/test-symbols.sh b/tests/test-symbols.sh
index 1442e2d7d6..0d459c1a68 100755
--- a/tests/test-symbols.sh
+++ b/tests/test-symbols.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ echo 'ok documented symbols'
 
 # ONLY update this checksum in release commits!
 cat > released-sha256.txt <<EOF
-d7b5a766b1607f7334e9b6f15385ad872879e336a160ae76336243e493f7ceab  ${released_syms}
+e300a2e86f4a2ac620af8369f4b0f41dbe53fada187cce1d21d3c48073e9b454  ${released_syms}
 EOF
 sha256sum -c released-sha256.txt