diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1ab458a87..84391b8c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ This way, you can start where you left off. If you remove the container, you nee
 Download the latest WebGoat release from [https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat/releases](https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat/releases)
 
 ```shell
-java -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dwebgoat.port=8080 -Dwebwolf.port=9090 -jar webgoat-2023.2.jar
+java -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dwebgoat.port=8080 -Dwebwolf.port=9090 -jar webgoat-2023.3.jar
 ```
 
 Click the link in the log to start WebGoat.
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ For instance running as a jar on a Linux/macOS it will look like this:
 ```Shell
 export EXCLUDE_CATEGORIES="CLIENT_SIDE,GENERAL,CHALLENGE"
 export EXCLUDE_LESSONS="SqlInjectionAdvanced,SqlInjectionMitigations"
-java -jar target/webgoat-2023.2-SNAPSHOT.jar
+java -jar target/webgoat-2023.3-SNAPSHOT.jar
 ```
 
 Or in a docker run it would (once this version is pushed into docker hub) look like this:
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index e310f4033..44ad88e44 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # WebGoat release notes
 
-## Version 2023.2
+## Version 2023.3
 
-With great pleasure, we present you with a new release of WebGoat **2023.2**. Finally, it has been a while. This year starts with a new release of WebGoat. This year we will undoubtedly release more often. From this release on, we began to use a new versioning scheme (https://calver.org/#scheme).
+With great pleasure, we present you with a new release of WebGoat **2023.3**. Finally, it has been a while. This year starts with a new release of WebGoat. This year we will undoubtedly release more often. From this release on, we began to use a new versioning scheme (https://calver.org/#scheme).
 
 A big thanks to René Zubcevic and Àngel Ollé Blázquez for keeping the project alive this last year, and hopefully, we can make
 many more releases this year.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ffa73ef40..15851ec3b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.owasp.webgoat</groupId>
   <artifactId>webgoat</artifactId>
-  <version>2023.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2023.3</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>WebGoat</name>