diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 891ee86b7c8c42eba5a47d568facb9f6bdf86e9f..8fb2ac6ea2f624f3c41cff082d5a8f99781db048 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 Changelog for package rosjava_bootstrap
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+0.1.23 (2015-06-16)
+===================
+* Bugfix the xml parser to avoid whitespaces in returned elements.
+
 0.1.22 (2014-07-10)
 ===================
 * Android gradle plugin 0.11.+->0.12.+ (studio 0.8.1)
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 34009056de12c4e3433c77ea139fbe3636909258..518d160da82ed9b18fc706ec62cd55efc8fa4ee6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ project.ext {
 
 allprojects {
   group='org.ros.rosjava_bootstrap'
-  version = '0.1.22'
+  version = '0.1.23'
 }
 
 subprojects {
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 09d08356c7d884a9a8020e5ab7162cc608f8f1e4..4e2ef3bb83282caed12690269c5d55860c0bcb44 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package>
   <name>rosjava_bootstrap</name>
-  <version>0.1.22</version>
+  <version>0.1.23</version>
   <description>
     Bootstrap utilities for rosjava builds.
   </description>