diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3cde7f4..8ee8497 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Noteworthy Changes in ssocr Releases
 ====================================
 
-Upcoming Version ?.??.? (????-??-??):
--------------------------------------
+Version 2.23.0 (2023-05-01):
+----------------------------
  * New option -N, --min-segment to specify the minimum width and height of
    a segment, for both scanline based and ratio based character recognition
  * New option -M, --min-char-dims to specify minimum character dimensions
diff --git a/defines.h b/defines.h
index 8cfa094..0a27a1b 100644
--- a/defines.h
+++ b/defines.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define SSOCR2_DEFINES_H
 
 /* version number */
-#define VERSION "2.22.2+"
+#define VERSION "2.23.0"
 
 /* states */
 #define FIND_DARK 0