diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9c242bb..abcfea39 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Modifications by (in alphabetical order):
 * P. Vitt, University of Siegen, Germany
 * A. Voysey, UK Met Office
 
+## Release 0.2.3 (11/06/2026) ##
+
 09/06/2026 PR #498 for #390 by adding support for linemarkers in parsed
            code (e.g. '# 123 "test.f90"').
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75b8ec59..fe9310f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # News #
-  * 01/04/2025 Version 0.2.2 released (adds support for more types of directive and
+  * 10/06/2026 Version 0.2.3 released (adds support for preprocessor line markers,
+    improved handling of labelled DO loops and support for F2008 extension to
+    Proc_Decl).
+  * 01/04/2026 Version 0.2.2 released (adds support for more types of directive and
     support for the Fortran2008 unlimited-repeat format specifier).
   * Good to know: fparser with Python 3.14 is approximately a factor of two faster than
     it is with older Python versions.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 504d9f59..bda7c27b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ authors = [{name = "Pearu Peterson"},
 	   {name = "Rupert Ford"},
 	   {name = "Andrew Porter", email = "andrew.porter@stfc.ac.uk"},
 	   {name = "Sergi Siso", email = "sergi.siso@stfc.ac.uk"}]
-license = {text = "BSD-3-Clause"}
+license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 description = "Python implementation of a Fortran parser"
 readme = "README.md"
 classifiers = [