diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 93a92fc..424c56b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+v2.3
+
+* switched to a faster implementation of string parsing in both
+  the decoder and encoder
+* expand `uescape` option to the decoder
+* allow control codes in json passed to decoder (contrary to the spec,
+  yes)
+
 v2.2
 
 * `return_maps` option
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5a3026a..f750d77 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# jsx (v2.2) #
+# jsx (v2.3) #
 
 an erlang application for consuming, producing and manipulating [json][json]. 
 inspired by [yajl][yajl]
diff --git a/package.exs b/package.exs
index cf4cf14..d5708a6 100644
--- a/package.exs
+++ b/package.exs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use Mix.Project
   def project do
     [
       app: :jsx,
-      version: "2.2.0",
+      version: "2.3.0",
       description: "an erlang application for consuming, producing and manipulating json. inspired by yajl",
       package: package
     ]
diff --git a/src/jsx.app.src b/src/jsx.app.src
index c7674b1..e00b6e9 100644
--- a/src/jsx.app.src
+++ b/src/jsx.app.src
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {application, jsx,
 [
     {description, "a streaming, evented json parsing toolkit"},
-    {vsn, "2.2.0"},
+    {vsn, "2.3.0"},
     {modules, [
         jsx,
         jsx_encoder,