diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e9df7879b773..256ff78a9516 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+2023.08.4, released December 4th, 2023
+
+	Important / security related fixes.
+
+	Defconfigs: Raspberrypi: Fix DT overlay for autoproving of
+	bluetooth driver, Toradex apalis i.mx6: Add download hashes
+	for Linux and U-Boot.
+
+	Updated/fixed packages: gcc, erlang, exfatprogs, gsl,
+	imagemagick, intel-microcode, libde265, libmemcached,
+	libpjsip, libxml2, mariadb, memcached, motion, netsnmp, perl,
+	postgresql, putty, rtty, samba4, speechd, squid, vim, vlc,
+	xenomai, xtables-addons, zfs
+
+	Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
+
+	#15856: Using BR2_CONFIG= on a different file-system...
+
 2023.08.3, released November 14th, 2023
 
 	Important / security related fixes.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ff33a3adfc73..6ca6a15324f8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ all:
 .PHONY: all
 
 # Set and export the version string
-export BR2_VERSION := 2023.08.3
+export BR2_VERSION := 2023.08.4
 # Actual time the release is cut (for reproducible builds)
-BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1699976000
+BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1701695000
 
 # Save running make version since it's clobbered by the make package
 RUNNING_MAKE_VERSION := $(MAKE_VERSION)
diff --git a/support/misc/Vagrantfile b/support/misc/Vagrantfile
index 250a8810e52a..8757304f8949 100644
--- a/support/misc/Vagrantfile
+++ b/support/misc/Vagrantfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 # Buildroot version to use
-RELEASE='2023.08.3'
+RELEASE='2023.08.4'
 
 ### Change here for more memory/cores ###
 VM_MEMORY=2048