Pre-release: Update version to 2.23.0 (#1297)

This PR updates the version to 2.23.0.

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Co-authored-by: Steve Liu <liustve@amazon.com>

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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ If your change does not need a CHANGELOG entry, add the "skip changelog" label t
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## v2.23.0 - 2026-01-24
+
 - Ugrade to OTel v2.23.0 and Contrib v1.52.0
   ([#1292](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-java-instrumentation/pull/1292))
 - Adaptive Sampling: Ensure the highest priority sampling rule is matched

version.gradle.kts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * permissions and limitations under the License.
  */
 
-val adotVersion = "2.20.0-SNAPSHOT"
+val adotVersion = "2.23.0"
 
 allprojects {
   if (!project.hasProperty("release.version")) {