diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 8d4d74bc57f..3c1c8f8913f 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.2.0
+current_version = 2.3.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/scrapy/VERSION b/scrapy/VERSION
index ccbccc3dc62..276cbf9e285 100644
--- a/scrapy/VERSION
+++ b/scrapy/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.0
+2.3.0