diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 12e26c35cf2c64a4da058cac387d966d4827bcb5..fcaf7ea9763121393781bcaf9bf878706a7a9839 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 News
 ====
 
+Version 2.3.0
+-------------
+
+*(Released Wed, 1 Dec 2010)*
+
+Released version 2.3.0~rc1 without any changes.
+
+
 Version 2.3.0 rc1
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cae52ef93e241b77ceee3108302b340026003750..15d9cf065bc1f8841e23976502f0b32268ec3f25 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 m4_define([gnt_version_major], [2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_minor], [3])
 m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [0])
-m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~rc1])
+m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [])
 m4_define([gnt_version_full],
           m4_format([%d.%d.%d%s],
                     gnt_version_major, gnt_version_minor,