diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index 8bbe6cf7..bb576dbd 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2
+2.3
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 724b3aee..b571729d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('dxvk', ['c', 'cpp'], version : 'v2.2', meson_version : '>= 0.49', default_options : [ 'cpp_std=c++17', 'warning_level=2' ])
+project('dxvk', ['c', 'cpp'], version : 'v2.3', meson_version : '>= 0.49', default_options : [ 'cpp_std=c++17', 'warning_level=2' ])
 
 cpu_family = target_machine.cpu_family()
 platform   = target_machine.system()
diff --git a/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp b/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
index b32a3ea0..cffde93b 100644
--- a/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
+++ b/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
       VkApplicationInfo appInfo = { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_APPLICATION_INFO };
       appInfo.pApplicationName      = appName.c_str();
       appInfo.pEngineName           = "DXVK";
-      appInfo.engineVersion         = VK_MAKE_VERSION(2, 2, 0);
+      appInfo.engineVersion         = VK_MAKE_VERSION(2, 3, 0);
       appInfo.apiVersion            = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 3, 0);
 
       VkInstanceCreateInfo info = { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_INSTANCE_CREATE_INFO };