diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
index a03c218a67304..ba67793514a4f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.3.0-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.2.0-alpha.0...v2.3.0-alpha.0) (2021-12-22)
+
 ## [2.2.0-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.1.0-alpha.0...v2.2.0-alpha.0) (2021-12-15)
 
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
index 1fbe146ec1272..ad10ccbf25824 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.3.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.2.0...v2.3.0) (2021-12-22)
+
 ## [2.2.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.1.0...v2.2.0) (2021-12-15)
 
 
diff --git a/version.v2.json b/version.v2.json
index 5fee125639ed3..a521ecb24810c 100644
--- a/version.v2.json
+++ b/version.v2.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.2.0",
-  "alphaVersion": "2.2.0-alpha.0"
+  "version": "2.3.0",
+  "alphaVersion": "2.3.0-alpha.0"
 }
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