diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ece0af7de5513936da263d98d63e3a17c7562046..714357b76223f471ad7abed0407e59bb23b49fb4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 variables:
-  GENESYS_VERSION:        "2.2"
+  GENESYS_VERSION:        "2.3"
   DOCKER_HOST:            genesys1.swarm.genesys-pgr.org
   DOCKER_VERSION:         latest
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d6989a9795e57db65843d0e0e9bcdfd37ce2b7a..829e2b86e40a290068f6e1ce64b32eded980f2a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,47 @@
 
+# Release 2.3
+
+December 2017
+
+* 7c363aa6 CSS for printing
+* 91a79f43 Wrong navigation through the links in the Table of Contents
+* b6722c0e Documentation updated
+* 42764813 Update acl_sid table with user#email
+* beb8531d CSS updates for 2.3
+* 349bcbb0 Statistics API endpoint
+* a4d50529 Crop page as JSON
+* b1cb5dc4 BUG accession-turtle
+* 72adc78a File management for institute updated
+* f56ec599 Manage metadata for institutes
+* 6162ee2b Custom tag for repository file
+* 6d67b951 BrAPI error
+* 8207ffe0 removed assembly jetty
+* 8e5d1dcb "Refine search by trait" filters doesn't work properly
+* a33470d0 Grunt with hashes
+* 4bc1b49e Documented the password, client_credentials grants
+* a721f7d1 Migrate to npm
+* bb96e523 Fixed bug in registration of new OAuth clients
+* 74b36c0b Migration of data to new app-blocks:1.3 for ACL
+* 9bcbdcf0 Refactored for updated app-blocks ACL security
+* d8c29ae5 Application configuration updated
+* cbb0512e Editor for OAuth Client details
+* bf7d1a68 OAuthClient as ACL SID
+* 95ab33c4 Links to WIEWS institute information page are changed
+* 7fdf8a3b Properly handle rewriting for URLs starting with //
+* 16d4f666 Fixed decorator/1/admin.jsp
+* d1867dae Fixed code for invalid exceptions thrown in UserService
+* 17b21f88 NPE fixed in BatchRESTService
+* 1dea75f5 Beanshell admin tool
+* cfd309b6 Logging reduced
+* ec1ffbe2 href and src missing <c:url (fixes #211)
+* bb8d61d4 DOI not linked
+* 4be39791 Register Genesys as target for passport data for accessions with DOI
+* b2396d21 KML exhausts memory
+* c56fee41 Hazelcast doesn't recognize members array
+* 0f6323d3 Removed NewGUIFilter and view resolver
+* ae53a395 Ability to save empty list of accessions
+
+
 # Genesys release 2.2
 
 October 2017
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f95301668d1ff83228ee64d4b7d4451fdaa40dba..b50b009a922292e00a34b6552157dca787a286c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ These instructions will help you run a copy of the Genesys portal (without the d
 ## Running genesys2-server with Docker
 
 ```shell
-docker run dockerhub.croptrust.org/genesys-pgr/genesys-server:2.2
+docker run dockerhub.croptrust.org/genesys-pgr/genesys-server:2.3
 ```
 
 The genesys container can be configured via environment variables (`-e` docker flag).
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e0e481edd071b5ad20df94efd8d20c7bf4c33d33..f87799e1ca1efee5d14bf687611291961380d9b0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 	<name>Genesys 2 Server</name>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>2.2</version>
+	<version>2.3</version>
 	<url>https://www.genesys-pgr.org</url>
 	<description>Genesys 2 Server</description>
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 		<connection>https://gitlab.croptrust.org/genesys-pgr/genesys-server.git</connection>
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:git@gitlab.croptrust.org:genesys-pgr/genesys-server.git</developerConnection>
 		<url>git@gitlab.croptrust.org:genesys-pgr/genesys-server.git</url>
-		<tag>genesys2-server-2.1</tag>
+		<tag>genesys2-server-2.3</tag>
 	</scm>
 
 	<organization>
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 		<snippetsDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-snippets</snippetsDirectory>
 
 		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-		<application.blocks.version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</application.blocks.version>
+		<application.blocks.version>1.3</application.blocks.version>
 		<commons.beanutils.version>1.9.2</commons.beanutils.version>
 		<commons.collections.version>3.2.1</commons.collections.version>
 		<commons.fileupload.version>1.3.1</commons.fileupload.version>
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 		<liquibase.version>3.5.3</liquibase.version>
 		<!-- TODO Upgrade past 2.7.0 which is buggy -->
 		<swagger.version>2.6.1</swagger.version>
-		
+
 		<!--Container -->
 		<jetty.version>9.4.5.v20170502</jetty.version>
 
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
 			<artifactId>springfox-swagger-ui</artifactId>
 			<version>${swagger.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		
+
 		<!-- App blocks -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.genesys-pgr</groupId>
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.genesys-pgr</groupId>
 			<artifactId>file-repository-ftpserver</artifactId>
-			<version>0.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.genesys-pgr</groupId>
 			<artifactId>glis-client-resttemplate</artifactId>
-			<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache-extras.beanshell</groupId>