diff --git a/CHANGES/v2.3.txt b/CHANGES/v2.3.txt
index 5f727fa1e01e7bac378598075579efb5f0428b81..087526bc211961457caeaba46d5a5f48bb574b6a 100644
--- a/CHANGES/v2.3.txt
+++ b/CHANGES/v2.3.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 @page CHANGES-2-3 Version 2.3
 
-Version 2.3 (coming soon)
+Version 2.3 (Jun 30, 2016)
 ----------------------------
 
 Version
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c707f5c873ca291c2073d8dd98156c4eae329a83..28ea45da7e3f058ba2f12da8727f000c9fc28e79 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # (this is same as gromacs)
 # Notice that "plumed --version" will return only 2.X
 # and "plumed --long-version" will return the full string
-2.3.0-dev
+2.3.0