diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 419604e..0367354 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 =========
 
 
-2.3.0 (unreleased)
+2.3.0 (2021-03-04)
 ------------------
 
 ### Backend
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 8c2a778..689d8f3 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@ NEWS
 See the changelog for a full list of changes.
 
 
-2.3.0 (unreleased)
+2.3.0 (2021-03-04)
 ------------------
+The IntelMQ Manager backend has been rewritten in Python and split off to the IntelMQ API.
+An installation of intelmq-api is now required to run the IntelMQ Manager.
+For deb/rpm-installations, you only need to upgrade the packages. Additional requirements are automatically pulled in.
+For manual installations, please follow the installation instructions:
+- for [intelmq-api](https://intelmq.readthedocs.io/en/maintenance/user/intelmq-api.html)
+- for [intelmq-manager](https://intelmq.readthedocs.io/en/maintenance/user/intelmq-manager.html)
 
 
 2.2.1 (2020-07-30)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f7200e6..b35b626 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+intelmq-manager (2.3.0-1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Update to 2.3.0.
+
+ -- Sebastian Wagner <wagner@cert.at>  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:50:19 +0100
+
 intelmq-manager (2.3.0~alpha2-1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * Update to 2.3.0 alpha 2 (dev1).
diff --git a/intelmq_manager/version.py b/intelmq_manager/version.py
index 6bdb9fc..995f909 100644
--- a/intelmq_manager/version.py
+++ b/intelmq_manager/version.py
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Intelmq Team <intelmq-team@cert.at>
 SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 """
-__version_info__ = (2, 3, 0, 'dev1')
+__version_info__ = (2, 3, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))