diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index abe8ed09b..00ed83652 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
+2015-08-08
+  Released 2.3
+  Fixes ForceReply class
+  Remove logging.basicConfig from library
+
+
 2015-07-25
   Released 2.2
   Allows debug=True when initializing telegram.Bot
 
+
 2015-07-20
   Released 2.1
   Fix to_dict for Document and Video
diff --git a/telegram/__init__.py b/telegram/__init__.py
index e03b9b087..7a39236fd 100644
--- a/telegram/__init__.py
+++ b/telegram/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 """A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bots API"""
 
 __author__ = 'leandrotoledodesouza@gmail.com'
-__version__ = '2.2'
+__version__ = '2.3'
 
 from .base import TelegramObject
 from .user import User