diff --git a/ocrd/constants.py b/ocrd/constants.py
index c2c19cfa4..d130b9a41 100644
--- a/ocrd/constants.py
+++ b/ocrd/constants.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import yaml
 from pkg_resources import resource_string
 
-VERSION = '0.2.2'
+VERSION = '0.2.3'
 
 TMP_PREFIX = 'pyocrd-'
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 92e1f6f21..5cf9c2cbd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='ocrd',
-    version='0.2.2',
+    version='0.2.3',
     description='OCR-D framework',
     long_description=README,
     author='Kay-Michael Würzner, Konstantin Baierer',