diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4b03d1cd0..2cec40723 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 - Update: RaspiOS base image from 2023-05-03
 - Update: Bitcoin Core v25.0.0 [details](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-25.0.md)
 - Update: LND v0.16.4-beta [details](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.16.4-beta)
-- Update: Core Lightning v23.05.2 [details](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v23.05.2)
+- Update: Core Lightning v23.08 [details](https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v23.08)
 - Update: Suez - Channel Visualization for LND & CLN [details](https://github.com/prusnak/suez)
 - Update: Electrum Server in Rust (electrs) v0.10.0 [details](https://github.com/romanz/electrs/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES.md#0100-jul-22-2023)
 - Update: C-lightningREST v0.10.5 [details](https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/c-lightning-REST/releases/tag/v0.10.5)
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.install.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.install.sh
index 43e0b1d31..f57c0d76e 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.install.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.install.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # https://lightning.readthedocs.io/
 
 # https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases
-CLVERSION="v23.05.2"
+CLVERSION="v23.08"
 
 # install the latest master by using the last commit id
 # https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/commit/master
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function installDependencies() {
 function buildAndInstallCLbinaries() {
   echo "- Configuring EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES enabled"
   echo
-  sudo -u bitcoin ./configure --enable-experimental-features
+  sudo -u bitcoin ./configure
   echo
   echo "- Building Core lightning from source"
   echo