diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f253622f402..eeae4daa534 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,6 +3,47 @@ repositories (changes that are automatically handled by the format upgrade tools
 are not marked). Those prefixed with "(+)" are new command/option (since
 2.1.0~alpha2).
 
+2.3.0~beta1:
+* Fix an opam 2.1 regression where the initial pin of a local VCS directory
+  would store untracked and ignored files. Those files would usually be
+  cleaned before building the package, however git submodules would not be
+  cleaned and would cause issues when paired with the new behaviour added in
+  2.3.0~alpha1 which makes opam error when git submodules fail to update
+  (was previously a warning) [#6221 @rjbou - fix #5809]
+* Fix a regression which would make opam crash on platforms where
+  `getconf LONG_BIT` is not available (e.g. OpenBSD)
+  [#6230 @kit-ty-kate - fix #6215]
+* Fix the installed packages internal cache, which was storing the wrong
+  version of the opam file after a build failure. This could be triggered
+  easily for users with custom repositories with non-populated extra-files
+  [#6213 @kit-ty-kate]
+* Fix a regression in lint W59 with local urls that are not archives
+  [#6219 @rjbou - fix #6218]
+* Bump to lang dune to 2.8 and bump the requirement to dune >= 2.8, which was
+  actually required in the previous alpha release [#6204 @kit-ty-kate]
+* Bump the vendored version of dune to 3.16.0, cppo to 1.7.0 and extlib to 1.8.0
+  [#6223 @kit-ty-kate]
+* Fix compilation with OCaml 5.3 when using the vendored extlib by updating to
+  the 5.3 compatible version [#6223 @kit-ty-kate]
+* Fix the compilation of opam on Windows with OCaml >= 5.0 (again)
+  [#6216 @kit-ty-kate]
+* Fix the release script after the bump to dune lang 2.6 and the introduction of
+  `opam_core_stubs` [#6204 @kit-ty-kate]
+* Improve the release script by ignoring interactive questions asked by the
+  FreeBSD package manager [#6204 @kit-ty-kate]
+* Improve and extend the tests [#6135 #6221 #6213 #6219 @rjbou]
+* Improve the test infrastructure [#6233 #6233 #6216 @rjbou @kit-ty-kate]
+* API changes
+  * `OpamStd.Sys.{get_terminal_columns,uname,getconf,guess_shell_compat}`:
+    Harden the process calls to account for failures
+    [#6230 @kit-ty-kate - fix #6215]
+  * `OpamStd.Sys.{uname,getconf}`: now accepts only one argument as parameter,
+    as per their documentation [#6230 @kit-ty-kate]
+  * `OpamSwitchState.Installed_cache`: export `load` function [#6233 @rjbou]
+  * `OpamSystem`: add `is_archive_from_string` that does the same than
+    `is_archive` but without looking at the file, only analysing the string
+    (extension) [#6219 @rjbou]
+
 2.3.0~alpha1:
 * (*) When loading a repository, don't automatically populate `extra-files:`
   field with found files in `files/` [#5564 @rjbou]
diff --git a/master_changes.md b/master_changes.md
index 39c129767c4..cbc6f39abd5 100644
--- a/master_changes.md
+++ b/master_changes.md
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ users)
 ## Config report
 
 ## Actions
-  * Fix the install cache storing the wrong version of the opam file after a build failure [#6213 @kit-ty-kate]
 
 ## Install
 
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ users)
 ## Config
 
 ## Pin
-  * [BUG] Fix first retrieval of local VCS pin done as local path [#6221 @rjbou - fix #5809]
 
 ## List
 
@@ -52,7 +50,6 @@ users)
 ## Source
 
 ## Lint
-  * [BUG] fix lint W59 with local urls that are not archives [#6219 @rjbou - fix #6218]
 
 ## Repository
 
@@ -73,22 +70,15 @@ users)
 ## VCS
 
 ## Build
-  * Bump the requirement for dune to 2.8 [#6204 @kit-ty-kate]
-  * Bump the vendored version of dune to 3.16.0, cppo to 1.7.0 and extlib to 1.8.0 [#6223 @kit-ty-kate]
-  * Fix compilation with OCaml 5.3 when using the vendored extlib by updating to the 5.3 compatible version (e.g. `make cold` or `./configure --with-vendored-deps`) [#6223 @kit-ty-kate]
-  * Fix the compilation of opam on Windows with OCaml >= 5.0 again [#6216 @kit-ty-kate]
 
 ## Infrastructure
 
 ## Release scripts
-  * Fix the release script after the bump of dune lang to 2.6 [#6204 @kit-ty-kate]
-  * Fix the release script after the introduction of opam\_core\_stubs [#6204 @kit-ty-kate]
-  * Improve the release script by ignoring interactive questions asked by the FreeBSD package manager [#6204 @kit-ty-kate]
   * Simplify the making of stripped binaries by introducing the `make opam-stripped` target [#6208 @kit-ty-kate]
 
 ## Install script
   * Add 2.3.0\~alpha1 to the install scripts [#6203 @kit-ty-kate]
-  * Add 2.3.0~beta1 to the install scripts [#6238 @rjbou]
+  * Add 2.3.0\~beta1 to the install scripts [#6238 @rjbou]
 
 ## Admin
 
@@ -114,20 +104,10 @@ users)
 
 ## Reftests
 ### Tests
-  * Move pin test to pin-legacy [#6135 @rjbou]
-  * More exhaustive test for pin command: test different behaviour and cli options [#6135 @rjbou]
-  * pin: add a test for erroneous first fetch done as local path on local VCS pinned packages [#6221 @rjbou]
-  * Add cache test for installed packages cache update after an action failure [#6213 @kit-ty-kate @rjbou]
-  * Add more tests for lint W59 [#6219 @rjbou]
 
 ### Engine
-  * Update print file function [#6233 @rjbou]
-  * Add `opam-cache` command, to display internal cache content in reftest [#6233 @rjbou]
 
 ## Github Actions
-  * Add OCaml 5.2.0 to the build matrix [#6216 @kit-ty-kate]
-  * Allow to have more than one OCaml default version to run all jobs and add 5.2 to the list of default versions together with 4.14 [#6216 @kit-ty-kate]
-  * Bump 4.14 to the latest patch version (4.14.2) [#6216 @kit-ty-kate]
 
 ## Doc
   * Update the command to install opam to point to the new simplified url on opam.ocaml.org [#6226 @kit-ty-kate]
@@ -141,13 +121,9 @@ users)
 ## opam-repository
 
 ## opam-state
-  * `OpamSwitchState.Installed_cache`: export `load` function [#6233 @rjbou]
 
 ## opam-solver
 
 ## opam-format
 
 ## opam-core
-  * `OpamStd.Sys.{get_terminal_columns,uname,getconf,guess_shell_compat}`: Harden the process calls to account for failures [#6230 @kit-ty-kate - fix #6215]
-  * `OpamStd.Sys.{uname,getconf}`: now accepts only one argument as parameter, as per their documentation [#6230 @kit-ty-kate]
-  * `OpamSystem`: add `is_archive_from_string` that does the same than `is_archive` but without looking at the file, only analysing the string (extension) [#6219 @rjbou]