diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c2395a64..f7efbfa0 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.1-rc1 20201010
+2.3.0-rc0 20300000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index ff5300f3..e51fad99 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=2
-project.versioning.minor=2
-project.versioning.patch=1
-project.versioning.build=1
+project.versioning.minor=3
+project.versioning.patch=0
+project.versioning.build=0
 #############################