diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0ce180cc50..2b53b3cb7c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@eagleoutice/flowr",
-  "version": "2.0.22",
+  "version": "2.0.23",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@eagleoutice/flowr",
-      "version": "2.0.22",
+      "version": "2.0.23",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@xmldom/xmldom": "^0.8.10",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a5dcac473e..858e4fbf55 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@eagleoutice/flowr",
-  "version": "2.0.22",
+  "version": "2.0.23",
   "description": "Static Dataflow Analyzer and Program Slicer for the R Programming Language",
   "types": "dist/src/index.d.ts",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/src/util/version.ts b/src/util/version.ts
index 26d26cd647..6a0812ab63 100644
--- a/src/util/version.ts
+++ b/src/util/version.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { SemVer } from 'semver'
 
 // this is automatically replaced with the current version by release-it
-const version = '2.0.22'
+const version = '2.0.23'
 
 export function flowrVersion(): SemVer {
 	return new SemVer(version)