diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c884195..499e0c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.3.0] - 2026-07-13
+
 ### Changed
 
 - **Local-first backend (claudification rollback)** - Ollama/gemma4 is now the primary backend; Claude remains as fallback. `PREFER_CLOUD_BACKEND` defaults to `false`, Claude is used automatically when the Ollama startup health check fails, and the Steward retries mid-request failures on the other backend in both directions
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3695c39..af07ab4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "tatlock"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.3.0"
 description = "OpenAI-compatible API with Ollama backend"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [