diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 3b06b30..132b5fd 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # CHANGES
 
-## Unreleased
+## 2.3.0 (2026-09-16)
 
 - Support free-threaded CPython 3.14 without re-enabling the GIL, including
   dedicated tests, wheels, and before/after performance measurements
diff --git a/src/cchardet/__init__.py b/src/cchardet/__init__.py
index 1596681..5d20be6 100644
--- a/src/cchardet/__init__.py
+++ b/src/cchardet/__init__.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ class ResultDict(TypedDict):
     language: str | None
 
 
-version: tuple[int, int, int] = (2, 2, 0)
-__version__ = "2.2.0"
+version: tuple[int, int, int] = (2, 3, 0)
+__version__ = "2.3.0"
 
 
 def _as_bytes(data: BytesLike) -> bytes: