diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 39feba1f9..587c8c74c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Geeqie 2.3
+============
+
+- Bug fixes and code improvements
+
 Geeqie 2.2
 ============
 
diff --git a/doc/docbook/CommandLineOptions.xml b/doc/docbook/CommandLineOptions.xml
index 786c081f6..75d8a6546 100644
--- a/doc/docbook/CommandLineOptions.xml
+++ b/doc/docbook/CommandLineOptions.xml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 <refmeta>
 <refentrytitle>GEEQIE</refentrytitle>
 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
-<refmiscinfo class='source'>January 2024</refmiscinfo>
-<refmiscinfo class='manual'>Geeqie 2.2 GTK3</refmiscinfo>
+<refmiscinfo class='source'>March 2024</refmiscinfo>
+<refmiscinfo class='manual'>Geeqie 2.3 GTK3</refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 <refnamediv>
 <refname>Geeqie</refname>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ zooming, panning, thumbnails and sorting images into collections.</para>
 
 <para>Generated for version:</para>
 
-<para>Geeqie 2.2</para>
+<para>Geeqie 2.3</para>
 
 <refsect2 id='valid_options'><title>Valid options:</title>
 <variablelist remap='TP'>
diff --git a/geeqie.1 b/geeqie.1
index 53088f5ef..e7431851f 100644
--- a/geeqie.1
+++ b/geeqie.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH GEEQIE "1" "January 2024" "Geeqie 2.2 GTK3" "User Commands"
+.TH GEEQIE "1" "March 2024" "Geeqie 2.3 GTK3" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 Geeqie - GTK based multiformat image viewer
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ zooming, panning, thumbnails and sorting images into collections.
 
 Generated for version:
 .PP
-Geeqie 2.2
+Geeqie 2.3
 .SS "Valid options:"
 .TP
 \fB\-\-blank\fR
diff --git a/org.geeqie.Geeqie.appdata.xml.in b/org.geeqie.Geeqie.appdata.xml.in
index a6a663de3..562252741 100644
--- a/org.geeqie.Geeqie.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/org.geeqie.Geeqie.appdata.xml.in
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     </screenshot>
   </screenshots>
   <releases>
-    <release version="v2.2" date="2024-01-25" />
+    <release version="v2.3" date="2024-03-06" />
   </releases>
   <keywords>
     <keyword>image</keyword>