diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6833ad57919fc..0c65ed655e9ea 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 dnl require autoconf 2.60 (AS_ECHO/AS_ECHO_N)
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 2)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 2)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 99)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 3)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, false)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2017)
 AC_INIT([Pivx Core],[_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR._CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR._CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION],[www.pivx.org],[pivx])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.cpp])
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
index 8ef365e697a9c..4a3852967f47d 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-(note: this is a temporary file, to be added-to by anybody, and moved to release-notes at release time)
-
 PIVX Core version 2.3.0 is now available from:
 
   <https://github.com/pivx-project/pivx/releases>
@@ -147,7 +145,7 @@ git merge commit are mentioned.
 - #211 `b8c110b` [RPC] Refactor & JSONify results from masternode command(s) (Fuzzbawls)
 - #201 `f0e87b1` [RPC] Add active/incative flag to getstakingstatus RPC call (Mrs-X)
 
-###Configuration and command-line options
+### Configuration and command-line options
 - #180 `16b8601` [Wallet] Add parameter interaction between -disablewallet and -staking (Aaron Miller)
 - #208 `5f494c4` [Qt] Fix segfault when running with `-help` (Fuzzbawls)
 - #193 `ac7590b` [Output] Reformat help messages (Fuzzbawls)
@@ -170,7 +168,7 @@ git merge commit are mentioned.
 - #225 `02209ec` [Qt] Add autocomplete to Qt client's debug console (Fuzzbawls)
 - #233 `2921a4d` [Qt] Enable support for Qt's HighDpiScaling (Fuzzbawls)
 
-###Tests and QA
+### Tests and QA
 - #191 `3a778c3` [Tests] Fix the unit test suite for use with PIVX (Fuzzbawls)
 - #122 `7d135a1` [Utils] updated netmagic/port for linearize script (Satoshi Ninja)
 
diff --git a/src/clientversion.h b/src/clientversion.h
index 5a883c6ccf6cc..3055d13fe735e 100644
--- a/src/clientversion.h
+++ b/src/clientversion.h
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
 
 //! These need to be macros, as clientversion.cpp's and pivx*-res.rc's voodoo requires it
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR 2
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 2
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION 99
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 3
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION 0
 #define CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD 0
 
 //! Set to true for release, false for prerelease or test build
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE false
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE true
 
 /**
  * Copyright year (2009-this)