diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ede1bb6..23cb682 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -181,5 +181,5 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Test PECL package build
       run: |
-        python3 dev-scripts/prepare_pecl_release.py --name aws-crt --user aws-crt --version 1.0.0
+        python3 dev-scripts/prepare_pecl_release.py --version 1.0.0
         sudo pecl install awscrt-1.0.0.tgz
diff --git a/dev-scripts/package.xml-template_pre b/dev-scripts/package.xml-template_pre
index c5fc519..a51577e 100644
--- a/dev-scripts/package.xml-template_pre
+++ b/dev-scripts/package.xml-template_pre
@@ -4,10 +4,16 @@
  <channel>pecl.php.net</channel>
  <summary>AWS Common Runtime PHP bindings</summary>
  <description>AWS Common Runtime provides a set of low level tools as network protocols and authentication used by the AWSSDK for PHP to provide high level API to access AWS services.</description>
+ <lead>  
+  <name>Dengke Tang</name>  
+  <user>dengket</user>  
+  <email>tingdaoform@gmail.com</email>  
+  <active>yes</active>  
+ </lead>
  <lead>
-  <name>{{{NAME}}}</name>
-  <user>{{{USER}}}</user>
-  <email>{{{EMAIL}}}</email>
+  <name>Dmitriy Musatkin</name>
+  <user>musatkd</user>
+  <email>musatkd@amazon.com</email>
   <active>yes</active>
  </lead>
  <date>{{{TODAY}}}</date>
diff --git a/dev-scripts/prepare_pecl_package_xml.py b/dev-scripts/prepare_pecl_package_xml.py
index 67a7057..92db373 100644
--- a/dev-scripts/prepare_pecl_package_xml.py
+++ b/dev-scripts/prepare_pecl_package_xml.py
@@ -6,21 +6,12 @@ from datetime import datetime
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
     description="Generate package.xml file for a release bundle.")
-parser.add_argument("--name", help="Name of the package", required=True)
-parser.add_argument(
-    "--user", help="Username of the package maintainer", required=True)
-parser.add_argument(
-    "--email", help="Email address of the package maintainer", default='aws-sdk-common-runtime@amazon.com')
 parser.add_argument(
     "--version", help="Version number of the package", required=True)
 parser.add_argument(
     "--notes", help="Release notes for the package", default='New release')
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-
-name = args.name
-user = args.user
-email = args.email
 version = args.version
 notes = args.notes
 
@@ -105,9 +96,6 @@ def process_dir(dir_name, f):
 with open(os.path.join(tools_dir, "package.xml-template_pre"), 'r') as f:
     template_pre = f.read()
 
-template_pre = re.sub(r"{{{NAME}}}", name, template_pre)
-template_pre = re.sub(r"{{{USER}}}", user, template_pre)
-template_pre = re.sub(r"{{{EMAIL}}}", email, template_pre)
 template_pre = re.sub(r"{{{TODAY}}}", today, template_pre)
 template_pre = re.sub(r"{{{VERSION}}}", version, template_pre)
 template_pre = re.sub(r"{{{NOTES}}}", notes, template_pre)
diff --git a/dev-scripts/prepare_pecl_release.py b/dev-scripts/prepare_pecl_release.py
index 3da45d9..98d5698 100644
--- a/dev-scripts/prepare_pecl_release.py
+++ b/dev-scripts/prepare_pecl_release.py
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ git_tag = subprocess.run(
 
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='PECL Package generator')
-parser.add_argument("--name", help="Name of the package", required=True)
-parser.add_argument(
-    "--user", help="Username of the package maintainer", required=True)
-parser.add_argument(
-    "--email", help="Email address of the package maintainer", default='aws-sdk-common-runtime@amazon.com')
 parser.add_argument(
     "--version", help="Version number of the package", default=git_tag)
 parser.add_argument(
@@ -23,9 +18,6 @@ parser.add_argument(
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 PACKAGE = 'awscrt'
-NAME = args.name
-USER = args.user
-EMAIL = args.email
 VERSION = args.version
 NOTES = args.notes
 
@@ -65,8 +57,8 @@ with open(file_with_version, "w") as c_file:
 
 
 try:
-    run(['python3', f'{TOOLS_DIR}/prepare_pecl_package_xml.py', '--name', NAME, '--user', USER,
-                    '--email', EMAIL, '--version', VERSION, '--notes', NOTES])
+    run(['python3', f'{TOOLS_DIR}/prepare_pecl_package_xml.py',
+        '--version', VERSION, '--notes', NOTES])
 except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
     sys.exit(f'ERROR PROCESSING review package.xml: {e}')
 
diff --git a/ext/php_aws_crt.h b/ext/php_aws_crt.h
index d2522d7..393e4b0 100644
--- a/ext/php_aws_crt.h
+++ b/ext/php_aws_crt.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #define AWS_PHP_AT_LEAST_7 (ZEND_EXTENSION_API_NO >= AWS_PHP_EXTENSION_API_7_0)
 #define AWS_PHP_AT_LEAST_7_2 (ZEND_EXTENSION_API_NO >= AWS_PHP_EXTENSION_API_7_2)
 
-#define PHP_AWSCRT_VERSION "1.2.2"
+#define PHP_AWSCRT_VERSION "1.2.3"
 
 ZEND_BEGIN_MODULE_GLOBALS(awscrt)
 long log_level;