diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml
index f0fc71d575..dacb41758d 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm reporting that yt-dlp is broken on a **supported** site
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.09.24** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.10.07** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
           required: true
         - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
           required: true
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ body:
         [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'test:youtube']
         [debug] Portable config "yt-dlp.conf": ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.09.24 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.10.07 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
         [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffmpeg -bsfs
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffprobe -bsfs
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ body:
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
         [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
-        Latest version: 2023.09.24, Current version: 2023.09.24
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.09.24)
+        Latest version: 2023.10.07, Current version: 2023.10.07
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.10.07)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml
index ac9a72a1c1..ec6e298a19 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm reporting a new site support request
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.09.24** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.10.07** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
           required: true
         - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
           required: true
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ body:
         [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'test:youtube']
         [debug] Portable config "yt-dlp.conf": ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.09.24 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.10.07 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
         [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffmpeg -bsfs
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffprobe -bsfs
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ body:
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
         [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
-        Latest version: 2023.09.24, Current version: 2023.09.24
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.09.24)
+        Latest version: 2023.10.07, Current version: 2023.10.07
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.10.07)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml
index 577e4d4910..cf3cdd21f3 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm requesting a site-specific feature
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.09.24** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.10.07** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
           required: true
         - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
           required: true
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ body:
         [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'test:youtube']
         [debug] Portable config "yt-dlp.conf": ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.09.24 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.10.07 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
         [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffmpeg -bsfs
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffprobe -bsfs
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ body:
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
         [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
-        Latest version: 2023.09.24, Current version: 2023.09.24
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.09.24)
+        Latest version: 2023.10.07, Current version: 2023.10.07
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.10.07)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml
index 9529c1bd6c..1bbcf68956 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm reporting a bug unrelated to a specific site
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.09.24** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.10.07** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
           required: true
         - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are playable in a browser with the same IP and same login details
           required: true
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ body:
         [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'test:youtube']
         [debug] Portable config "yt-dlp.conf": ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.09.24 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.10.07 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
         [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffmpeg -bsfs
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffprobe -bsfs
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ body:
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
         [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
-        Latest version: 2023.09.24, Current version: 2023.09.24
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.09.24)
+        Latest version: 2023.10.07, Current version: 2023.10.07
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.10.07)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml
index b17a6e046c..d3bc06e809 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ body:
           required: true
         - label: I've looked through the [README](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme)
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.09.24** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.10.07** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
           required: true
         - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
           required: true
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ body:
         [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'test:youtube']
         [debug] Portable config "yt-dlp.conf": ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.09.24 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.10.07 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
         [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffmpeg -bsfs
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffprobe -bsfs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ body:
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
         [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
-        Latest version: 2023.09.24, Current version: 2023.09.24
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.09.24)
+        Latest version: 2023.10.07, Current version: 2023.10.07
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.10.07)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/6_question.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/6_question.yml
index 5345e8917c..30311d5b56 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/6_question.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/6_question.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ body:
           required: true
         - label: I've looked through the [README](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#readme)
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.09.24** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2023.10.07** ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update)) or later (specify commit)
           required: true
         - label: I've searched [known issues](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/3766) and the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar questions **including closed ones**. DO NOT post duplicates
           required: true
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ body:
         [debug] Command-line config: ['-vU', 'test:youtube']
         [debug] Portable config "yt-dlp.conf": ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp65001, fs utf-8, pref cp65001, out utf-8, error utf-8, screen utf-8
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.09.24 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2023.10.07 [9d339c4] (win32_exe)
         [debug] Python 3.8.10 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.22000-SP0
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffmpeg -bsfs
         [debug] Checking exe version: ffprobe -bsfs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ body:
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome-3.15.0, brotli-1.0.9, certifi-2022.06.15, mutagen-1.45.1, sqlite3-2.6.0, websockets-10.3
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
         [debug] Fetching release info: https://api.github.com/repos/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest
-        Latest version: 2023.09.24, Current version: 2023.09.24
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.09.24)
+        Latest version: 2023.10.07, Current version: 2023.10.07
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2023.10.07)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 72b9584ecf..8eda413072 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -503,3 +503,9 @@ Yalab7
 zhallgato
 zhong-yiyu
 Zprokkel
+AS6939
+drzraf
+handlerug
+jiru
+madewokherd
+xofe
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 04511927fa..48dcbf1029 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,35 @@
 # To create a release, dispatch the https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/actions/workflows/release.yml workflow on master
 -->
 
+### 2023.10.07
+
+#### Extractor changes
+- **abc.net.au**: iview: [Improve `episode` extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/a9efb4b8d74f3583450ffda0ee57259a47d39c70) ([#8201](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8201)) by [xofe](https://github.com/xofe)
+- **erocast**: [Add extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/47c598783c98c179e04dd12c2a3fee0f3dc53087) ([#8264](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8264)) by [madewokherd](https://github.com/madewokherd)
+- **gofile**: [Fix token cookie bug](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0730d5a966fa8a937d84bfb7f68be5198acb039b) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **iq.com**: [Fix extraction and subtitles](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/35d9cbaf9638ccc9daf8a863063b2e7c135bc664) ([#8260](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8260)) by [AS6939](https://github.com/AS6939)
+- **lbry**
+    - [Add playlist support](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/48cceec1ddb8649b5e771df8df79eb9c39c82b90) ([#8213](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8213)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly), [drzraf](https://github.com/drzraf), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+    - [Extract `uploader_id`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/0e722f2f3ca42e634fd7b06ee70b16bf833ce132) ([#8244](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8244)) by [drzraf](https://github.com/drzraf)
+- **litv**: [Fix extractor](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/91a670a4f7babe9c8aa2018f57d8c8952a6f49d8) ([#7785](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/7785)) by [jiru](https://github.com/jiru)
+- **neteasemusic**: [Fix extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/f980df734cf5c0eaded2f7b38c6c60bccfeebb48) ([#8181](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8181)) by [c-basalt](https://github.com/c-basalt)
+- **nhk**: [Fix VOD extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/e831c80e8b2fc025b3b67d82974cc59e3526fdc8) ([#8249](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8249)) by [garret1317](https://github.com/garret1317)
+- **radiko**: [Improve extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2ad3873f0dfa9285c91d2160e36c039e69d597c7) ([#8221](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8221)) by [garret1317](https://github.com/garret1317)
+- **substack**
+    - [Fix download cookies bug](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/2f2dda3a7e85148773da3cdbc03ac9949ec1bc45) ([#8219](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8219)) by [handlerug](https://github.com/handlerug)
+    - [Fix embed extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/fbcc299bd8a19cf8b3c8805d6c268a9110230973) ([#8218](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8218)) by [handlerug](https://github.com/handlerug)
+- **theta**: [Remove extractors](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/792f1e64f6a2beac51e85408d142b3118115c4fd) ([#8251](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8251)) by [alerikaisattera](https://github.com/alerikaisattera)
+- **wrestleuniversevod**: [Call API with device ID](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/b095fd3fa9d58a65dc9b830bd63b9d909422aa86) ([#8272](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8272)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+- **xhamster**: user: [Support creator urls](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/cc8d8441524ec3442d7c0d3f8f33f15b66aa06f3) ([#8232](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8232)) by [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+- **youtube**
+    - [Fix `heatmap` extraction](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/03e85ea99db76a2fddb65bf46f8819bda780aaf3) ([#8299](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8299)) by [bashonly](https://github.com/bashonly)
+    - [Raise a warning for `Incomplete Data` instead of an error](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/eb5bdbfa70126c7d5355cc0954b63720522e462c) ([#8238](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/8238)) by [coletdjnz](https://github.com/coletdjnz)
+
+#### Misc. changes
+- **cleanup**
+    - [Update extractor tests](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/19c90e405b4137c06dfe6f9aaa02396df0da93e5) ([#7718](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/7718)) by [trainman261](https://github.com/trainman261)
+    - Miscellaneous: [377e85a](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/commit/377e85a1797db9e98b78b38203ed9d4ded229991) by [dirkf](https://github.com/dirkf), [gamer191](https://github.com/gamer191), [Grub4K](https://github.com/Grub4K)
+
 ### 2023.09.24
 
 #### Important changes
diff --git a/supportedsites.md b/supportedsites.md
index 620e0f3058..ecef4dc2d1 100644
--- a/supportedsites.md
+++ b/supportedsites.md
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@
  - **eplus:inbound**: e+ (イープラス) overseas
  - **Epoch**
  - **Eporner**
+ - **Erocast**
  - **EroProfile**: [*eroprofile*](## "netrc machine")
  - **EroProfile:album**
  - **ertflix**: ERTFLIX videos
@@ -699,6 +700,7 @@
  - **LastFMUser**
  - **lbry**
  - **lbry:channel**
+ - **lbry:playlist**
  - **LCI**
  - **Lcp**
  - **LcpPlay**
@@ -1474,8 +1476,6 @@
  - **ThePlatformFeed**
  - **TheStar**
  - **TheSun**
- - **ThetaStream**
- - **ThetaVideo**
  - **TheWeatherChannel**
  - **ThisAmericanLife**
  - **ThisAV**
diff --git a/yt_dlp/version.py b/yt_dlp/version.py
index 2a7c84b93f..60c1c94cc3 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/version.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/version.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Autogenerated by devscripts/update-version.py
 
-__version__ = '2023.09.24'
+__version__ = '2023.10.07'
 
-RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = '088add9567d39b758737e4299a0e619fd89d2e8f'
+RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = '377e85a1797db9e98b78b38203ed9d4ded229991'
 
 VARIANT = None