diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d8de1a89c..64b01854e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>io.strimzi</groupId>
 	<artifactId>kafka-bridge</artifactId>
-	<version>0.23.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.23.0</version>
 
 	<name>Strimzi Kafka Bridge</name>
 	<description>Bridge that allows HTTP clients to interact with Apache Kafka clusters.</description>
diff --git a/release.version b/release.version
index 4d6777363..ca222b7cf 100644
--- a/release.version
+++ b/release.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.23.0-SNAPSHOT
+0.23.0