diff --git a/cadquery/__init__.py b/cadquery/__init__.py
index 1c4c5cd5a..4e48e2e36 100644
--- a/cadquery/__init__.py
+++ b/cadquery/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     __version__ = version("cadquery")
 except PackageNotFoundError:
     # package is not installed
-    __version__ = "2.3-dev"
+    __version__ = "2.3.0"
 
 # these items point to the OCC implementation
 from .occ_impl.geom import Plane, BoundBox, Vector, Matrix, Location
diff --git a/changes.md b/changes.md
index 04b757d21..5becb69eb 100644
--- a/changes.md
+++ b/changes.md
@@ -1,7 +1,32 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
-2.2.0 (latest release)
+2.3.0 (latest release)
+------
+
+### Highlights
+   * Explicit Python 3.11 support [#1247](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1247) [#1280](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1280)
+
+ ### Experimental Features
+   * Constraint-based sketches are still being worked on and improved, and are not production ready. There have been fixes, but multiple issues are still open including [#959](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/issues/959), [#968](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/issues/968) and [#960](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/issues/960).
+   * The Convex Hull feature should also be considered experimental. Issues open for that feature include [#931](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/issues/931), [#1190](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/issues/1190), [#1224](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/issues/1224) and [#943](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/issues/943).
+
+ ### Other changes
+   * Various documentation fixes and updates [#1250](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1250) [#1251](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1251) [#1256](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1256) [#1262](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1262) [#1305](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1305) [#1306](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1306) [#1309](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1309) [#1240](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1340)
+   * Added a `close` option to `Wire.makePolygon()` [#1257](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1257)
+   * Fixed iteration over entities and avoid hash collisions to help solve intermittent test failures [#1260](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1260)
+   * Added fused export for assemblies that preserves face colors [#1261](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1261)
+   * Added multilayer support to DXF export [#1267](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1267)
+   * Removed one unneeded layer of hierarchy from STEP export [#1270](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1270)
+   * Fixed a bug where `Workplane.close()` would not work with a set of 3D points [#1271](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1271)
+   * Fixed a missing `distance` parameter in an extrude example [#1275](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1275)
+   * Started building noarch packages in Azure Pipelines [#1293](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1293)
+   * Added a better version string to identify conda master builds [#1315](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1315)
+   * Fixed metadata being lost when adding a subassembly to an assembly [#1327](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1327)
+   * Added tolerance (`tol`) to enable fuzzy `cut()` and `intersect()` operations [#1332](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1332)
+   * Fixed relative/absolute bug in `line_point` sketch solver method [#1336](https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/pull/1336)
+
+2.2.0
 ------
    ### Highlights
    * Introduced a new Sketch API dedicated to 2D planar operations.
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 3d4fc3a8b..f0a713545 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "2.2"
+version = "2.3"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "2.2.0"
+release = "2.3.0"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8e7d97679..f419ec05c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="cadquery",
-    version="2.3.0dev",  # Update this for the next release
+    version="2.3.0",  # Update this for the next release
     url="https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery",
     license="Apache Public License 2.0",
     author="David Cowden",