diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index c13cb9a53..098633ba9 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-* `master <https://github.com/svenkreiss/pysparkling/compare/v0.3.22...master>`_
+* `master <https://github.com/svenkreiss/pysparkling/compare/v0.3.23...master>`_
+* `v0.3.23 <https://github.com/svenkreiss/pysparkling/compare/v0.3.22...v0.3.23>`_ (2016-08-06)
+    * small improvements to fileio and better documentation
 * `v0.3.22 <https://github.com/svenkreiss/pysparkling/compare/v0.3.21...v0.3.22>`_ (2016-06-18)
     * reimplement RDD.groupByKey()
     * clean up of docstrings
diff --git a/pysparkling/__init__.py b/pysparkling/__init__.py
index 16de49119..b6981e27a 100644
--- a/pysparkling/__init__.py
+++ b/pysparkling/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """pysparkling module."""
 # flake8: noqa
 
-__version__ = '0.3.22'
+__version__ = '0.3.23'
 
 from .exceptions import (FileAlreadyExistsException,
                          ConnectionException)