diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 7a3f7493a8cb..29d1ae083e7d 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 #
 CHANNEL be
 MAJOR 2
-MINOR 2
-PATCH 1
+MINOR 3
+PATCH 0
 PRERELEASE 0
 PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
 ABI_VERSION 4