diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4421a960..729ed100 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ObjectBox is a superfast object-oriented database with strong relation support.
 ObjectBox is embedded into your Android, Linux, macOS, or Windows app.
 
-**Latest version: [2.2.0 (2018/09/27)](https://objectbox.io/changelog)**
+**Latest version: [2.3.0 (2018/12/29)](https://objectbox.io/changelog)**
 
 Demo code using ObjectBox:
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ box.put(playlist);
 
 Other languages/bindings
 ------------------------
-ObjectBox is a multi platform database supporting multiple language.
+ObjectBox supports multiple platforms and languages.
 Besides JVM based languages like Java and Kotlin, ObjectBox also offers: 
 
 * [ObjectBox Swift](https://github.com/objectbox/objectbox-swift): build fast mobile apps for iOS (and macOS) 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Add this to your root build.gradle (project level):
 
 ```groovy
 buildscript {
-    ext.objectboxVersion = '2.2.0'
+    ext.objectboxVersion = '2.3.0'
     dependencies {
         classpath "io.objectbox:objectbox-gradle-plugin:$objectboxVersion"
     }
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ea4c9e61..9f73aef0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version = ob_version
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        ob_version = '2.3.0-SNAPSHOT'
+        ob_version = '2.3.0'
         ob_native_version = ob_version // Be careful to diverge here; easy to forget and hard to find JNI problems
         ob_expected_version = project.hasProperty('expectedVersion') ? project.property('expectedVersion') : 'UNDEFINED'
 
diff --git a/objectbox-java/src/main/java/io/objectbox/BoxStore.java b/objectbox-java/src/main/java/io/objectbox/BoxStore.java
index 51850197..03ddf5cb 100644
--- a/objectbox-java/src/main/java/io/objectbox/BoxStore.java
+++ b/objectbox-java/src/main/java/io/objectbox/BoxStore.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 @ThreadSafe
 public class BoxStore implements Closeable {
 
-    private static final String VERSION = "2.3.0-2018-09-28";
+    private static final String VERSION = "2.3.0-2018-12-29";
     private static BoxStore defaultStore;
 
     /** Currently used DB dirs with values from {@link #getCanonicalPath(File)}. */