diff --git a/application/package.json b/application/package.json
index 1718b6776b4ea9131cedcd1c0ae3aa1d22f13ba4..fe52a19e6973855dfb4be7169af7881ec3112aef 100644
--- a/application/package.json
+++ b/application/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@schukai/monster",
-  "version": "3.22.1",
+  "version": "3.23.0",
   "description": "Monster is a simple library for creating fast, robust and lightweight websites.",
   "keywords": [
     "framework",
diff --git a/application/source/types/version.mjs b/application/source/types/version.mjs
index c930842f0666d37f907662eeb9287a7def8c4d43..cc9a747347811cca8c0cf0172f75e503520d5255 100644
--- a/application/source/types/version.mjs
+++ b/application/source/types/version.mjs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function getMonsterVersion() {
     }
 
     /** don't touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-    monsterVersion = new Version("3.22.1");
+    monsterVersion = new Version("3.23.0");
 
     return monsterVersion;
 }
diff --git a/development/package.json b/development/package.json
index f11d046a2e3a8fc88596044516c657eb153a4c7d..812e6971e457081c9d4ff50b49f53855fecb1515 100644
--- a/development/package.json
+++ b/development/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "monster",
-  "version": "3.22.1",
+  "version": "3.23.0",
   "description": "monster",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
index 330dcce88aac5fa21822c134fec77fdd4e7b9d78..6e52fa0cf3bec33d2aabe3f1263e2e1803c0e69e 100644
--- a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
+++ b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('Monster', function () {
         let monsterVersion
 
         /** don´t touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-        monsterVersion = new Version("3.22.1")
+        monsterVersion = new Version("3.23.0")
 
         let m = getMonsterVersion();