diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 5aaaf60a14b767bed59ff8a864a13447b2fbfbab..bb077af95fe4e651b36f3395aa575eb7dc6237b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 Changelog
 ^^^^^^^^^
 
+0.2.3 (2015-03-01)
+------------------
+* publically expose the rosjava environment setup (for genjava).
+* Contributors: Daniel Stonier
+
 0.2.2 (2015-02-25)
 ------------------
 * support for finding broken message packages.
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 663656232110b521aed674887c48e067d8d79698..77764ef0933c731ebb84c6d6d289031af9c9c510 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <package>
   <name>rosjava_build_tools</name>
-  <version>0.2.2</version>
+  <version>0.2.3</version>
   <description>
     Simple tools and catkin modules for rosjava development. 
   </description>