diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 3df7924627312b51e229ce76f146757d3ae638b1..05d52851a5c98610b9292d923c9b79d8f36aa00c 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <property name="mysqlrootpass" value="password" />
   <property name="pgsqlhost" value="localhost" />
   <property name="pgsqlrootuser" value="postgres" />
-  <property name="version" value="2.2.1" />
+  <property name="version" value="2.3" />
 
   <!-- Main Target -->
   <target name="main" description="main target">
diff --git a/config/vufind/config.ini b/config/vufind/config.ini
index 6c60334db29930aa62d94454661952b7fea6e8ac..a37b29d598c6bfffe3b90b9c10bcbd222980fa7a 100644
--- a/config/vufind/config.ini
+++ b/config/vufind/config.ini
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ showBookBag = false
 ; Set the maximum amount of items allowed in the Book Bag - Default is 100
 bookBagMaxSize = 100
 ; Generator value to display in an HTML header <meta> tag:
-generator = "VuFind 2.2.1"
+generator = "VuFind 2.3"
 
 ; This section allows you to configure the mechanism used for storing user
 ; sessions.  Available types: File, Memcache, Database.
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
index 6338bfe4e41e4bba7d488e5817441944866e78e2..a3d56406862e3fb9257f6eec243de37a7af3080f 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+vufind 2.3 distribution; urgency=low
+
+  * VuFind 2.3 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details) 
+
+ -- maintainer VuFind Project Administration Team <vufind-admins@lists.sourceforge.net>  Mo 11 Aug 2014 08:57:22 UTC
+
 vufind 2.2.1 distribution; urgency=low
 
   * VuFind 2.2.1 release (see http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog for details) 
diff --git a/packages/DEBIAN/control b/packages/DEBIAN/control
index 3c53b40f12dc4ab48c5e2b1b5420bcb3b51a0f09..b7d154063b6e24c6e4f4286be25da22ddece3fd4 100644
--- a/packages/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/packages/DEBIAN/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: vufind2
-Version: 2.2.1
+Version: 2.3
 Section: World Wide Web
 Priority: Optional
 Architecture: all