diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
index 9d216f3..61576e7 100644
--- a/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/texinputs/boilerplate.tex
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 }
 
 \date{\today}			% XXX update before release!
-\release{2.2}			% software release, not documentation
-\setreleaseinfo{+}		% empty for final release
-\setshortversion{2.2}		% major.minor only for software
+\release{2.3}			% software release, not documentation
+\setreleaseinfo{a0}		% empty for final release
+\setshortversion{2.3}		% major.minor only for software