diff --git a/vhdbuilder/release-notes/autonotes/main.go b/vhdbuilder/release-notes/autonotes/main.go
index 4b64879c8bf..d8e8dcf8e01 100644
--- a/vhdbuilder/release-notes/autonotes/main.go
+++ b/vhdbuilder/release-notes/autonotes/main.go
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ var artifactToPath = map[string]string{
 	"2019-containerd":                      filepath.Join("AKSWindows", "2019-containerd"),
 	"2022-containerd":                      filepath.Join("AKSWindows", "2022-containerd"),
 	"2022-containerd-gen2":                 filepath.Join("AKSWindows", "2022-containerd-gen2"),
+	"23H2":                                 filepath.Join("AKSWindows", "23H2"),
+	"23H2-gen2":                            filepath.Join("AKSWindows", "23H2-gen2"),
 	"azurelinuxv2-gen1":                    filepath.Join("AKSAzureLinux", "gen1"),
 	"azurelinuxv2-gen2":                    filepath.Join("AKSAzureLinux", "gen2"),
 	"azurelinuxv2-gen1-fips":               filepath.Join("AKSAzureLinux", "gen1fips"),
diff --git a/vhdbuilder/scripts/windows/automate_helpers.sh b/vhdbuilder/scripts/windows/automate_helpers.sh
index be1f0c28918..b6f967b74c1 100644
--- a/vhdbuilder/scripts/windows/automate_helpers.sh
+++ b/vhdbuilder/scripts/windows/automate_helpers.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ create_pull_request() {
     else
         post_purpose="bump windows image version"
         title="feat: $post_purpose for ${image_version}B"
-        labels="\"windows\""
+        labels="\"windows\", \"VHD\""
     fi
     
     echo "to add git commit feat: $post_purpose for $image_version"
@@ -114,12 +114,13 @@ create_pull_request() {
     # modify .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md after pushing the pervious changes in created branch
     if [[ $pr_purpose == "ReleaseNotes" ]]; then
         sed -i "/What type of PR is this?/a\/kind documentation" .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
-        sed -i "/What this PR does/a\Add windows image release notes for new AKS Windows images with ${image_version}B" .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+        sed -i "/What this PR does/a\Add windows image release notes for new AKS Windows images with ${image_version}B. Reference: #[xxxxx]." .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
         sed -i 's/\[ \] uses/\[x\] uses/g' .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+        sed -i 's/\[ \] includes/\[x\] includes/g' .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
         body_content=$(sed 's/$/\\n/' .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md | tr -d '\n')
     else
         sed -i "/What type of PR is this?/a\/kind feature" .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
-        sed -i "/What this PR does/a\Update Windows base images to ${image_version}B\\n- Windows 2019: [xxxxx]()\\n- Windows 2022: [xxxxx]()" .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+        sed -i "/What this PR does/a\Update Windows base images to ${image_version}B\\n- Windows 2019: [xxxxx]()\\n- Windows 2022: [xxxxx]()\\n- Windows 23H2: [xxxxx]()" .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
         sed -i 's/\[ \] uses/\[x\] uses/g' .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
         body_content=$(sed 's/$/\\n/' .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md | tr -d '\n')
     fi
diff --git a/vhdbuilder/scripts/windows/automate_version_bump.sh b/vhdbuilder/scripts/windows/automate_version_bump.sh
index 2e84c2ea6db..d746a554d04 100644
--- a/vhdbuilder/scripts/windows/automate_version_bump.sh
+++ b/vhdbuilder/scripts/windows/automate_version_bump.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,13 @@ find_latest_image_version() {
     latest_image_version_2019=$(az vm image show --urn MicrosoftWindowsServer:WindowsServer:2019-Datacenter-Core-smalldisk:latest --query 'id' -o tsv | awk -F '/' '{print $NF}')
     latest_image_version_2022=$(az vm image show --urn MicrosoftWindowsServer:WindowsServer:2022-Datacenter-Core-smalldisk:latest --query 'id' -o tsv | awk -F '/' '{print $NF}')
     latest_image_version_2022_g2=$(az vm image show --urn MicrosoftWindowsServer:WindowsServer:2022-Datacenter-Core-smalldisk-g2:latest --query 'id' -o tsv | awk -F '/' '{print $NF}')
+    latest_image_version_23H2=$(az vm image show --urn MicrosoftWindowsServer:WindowsServer:23h2-datacenter-core:latest --query 'id' -o tsv | awk -F '/' '{print $NF}')
+    latest_image_version_23H2_g2=$(az vm image show --urn MicrosoftWindowsServer:WindowsServer:23h2-datacenter-core-g2:latest --query 'id' -o tsv | awk -F '/' '{print $NF}')
     echo "Latest windows 2019 base image version is: ${latest_image_version_2019}"
     echo "Latest windows 2022 base image version is: ${latest_image_version_2022}"
     echo "Latest windows 2022 Gen 2 base image version is: ${latest_image_version_2022_g2}"
+    echo "Latest windows 23H2 base image version is ${latest_image_version_23H2}"
+    echo "Latest windows 23H2 Gen 2 base image version is: ${latest_image_version_23H2_g2}"
     new_image_version=$(date +"%Y-%m")
     branch_name=$github_user_name/win-${new_image_version}b
 }
@@ -38,6 +42,12 @@ update_image_version() {
 
     line=$(grep "WINDOWS_2022_GEN2_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=" vhdbuilder/packer/windows-image.env)
     sed -i "s/$line/WINDOWS_2022_GEN2_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=$latest_image_version_2022_g2/g" vhdbuilder/packer/windows-image.env
+
+    line=$(grep "WINDOWS_23H2_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=" vhdbuilder/packer/windows-image.env)
+    sed -i "s/$line/WINDOWS_23H2_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=$latest_image_version_23H2/g" vhdbuilder/packer/windows-image.env
+
+    line=$(grep "WINDOWS_23H2_GEN2_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=" vhdbuilder/packer/windows-image.env)
+    sed -i "s/$line/WINDOWS_23H2_GEN2_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION=$latest_image_version_23H2_g2/g" vhdbuilder/packer/windows-image.env
 }
 
 cherry_pick() {