diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a68c1799..dfbb7978f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 All notable changes to GraphCompose are documented here. Versions
 follow semantic versioning; release dates are ISO 8601.
 
-## v2.2.3 — Planned
+## v2.3.0 — Planned
 
 ### Templates
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d7800dc9c..82746200a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 > **Release status** —
 > 🟢 **Latest stable**: [v2.2.2](https://github.com/DemchaAV/GraphCompose/releases/tag/v2.2.2) — the layout snapshot can now say **what the text became**: opt-in typography diagnostics report the font a paragraph was actually set in, the face its decoration selected, and where every line landed — without changing a byte of the snapshot your baselines already hold. See [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md).
->  ·  🟡 **In development**: v2.2.3 on `develop` — see [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md).
+>  ·  🟡 **In development**: v2.3.0 on `develop` — see [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md).
 
 <p align="center">
   <a href="https://demchaav.github.io/GraphCompose/"><b>Live Showcase</b></a>
diff --git a/benchmarks/pom.xml b/benchmarks/pom.xml
index a75c9f5cf..caeac67f1 100644
--- a/benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.github.demchaav</groupId>
         <artifactId>graph-compose-build</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/bundle/pom.xml b/bundle/pom.xml
index 76d8e046a..4a6e658d4 100644
--- a/bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/bundle/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         graph-compose and graph-compose-templates dependencies below use
         ${project.version}, so they follow automatically.
     -->
-    <version>2.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>GraphCompose Bundle</name>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 136c0c4fc..f65837c14 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.github.demchaav</groupId>
     <artifactId>graph-compose-core</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>GraphCompose Core</name>
     <description>A declarative layout engine for programmatic document generation, implemented primarily in Java. This is the lean engine coordinate; depend on the `graph-compose` artifact for the drop-in, PDF-capable install.</description>
diff --git a/coverage/pom.xml b/coverage/pom.xml
index b010cc0ad..7386afe42 100644
--- a/coverage/pom.xml
+++ b/coverage/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.github.demchaav</groupId>
         <artifactId>graph-compose-build</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index c5b72e60c..2ca81d5a9 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.github.demchaav</groupId>
         <artifactId>graph-compose-build</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a1c63a5ee..09849aeff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.github.demchaav</groupId>
     <artifactId>graph-compose-build</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>GraphCompose Build Aggregator</name>
diff --git a/qa/pom.xml b/qa/pom.xml
index c98803e7a..56092544f 100644
--- a/qa/pom.xml
+++ b/qa/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.github.demchaav</groupId>
         <artifactId>graph-compose-build</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/render-docx/pom.xml b/render-docx/pom.xml
index bf057e803..13f9bc51a 100644
--- a/render-docx/pom.xml
+++ b/render-docx/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     -->
     <groupId>io.github.demchaav</groupId>
     <artifactId>graph-compose-render-docx</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>GraphCompose Render — DOCX</name>
     <description>Semantic DOCX export backend for GraphCompose, backed by Apache POI.</description>
diff --git a/render-pdf/pom.xml b/render-pdf/pom.xml
index 0baac2112..e10017467 100644
--- a/render-pdf/pom.xml
+++ b/render-pdf/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     -->
     <groupId>io.github.demchaav</groupId>
     <artifactId>graph-compose-render-pdf</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>GraphCompose Render — PDF</name>
     <description>The PDFBox-backed PDF render backend for GraphCompose.</description>
diff --git a/render-pptx/pom.xml b/render-pptx/pom.xml
index c2a50f73a..22be62e08 100644
--- a/render-pptx/pom.xml
+++ b/render-pptx/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     -->
     <groupId>io.github.demchaav</groupId>
     <artifactId>graph-compose-render-pptx</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>GraphCompose Render — PPTX</name>
     <description>PPTX render backends for GraphCompose: the coordinate-exact fixed-layout backend (POI XSLF) and the slide-safe semantic export skeleton.</description>
diff --git a/templates/pom.xml b/templates/pom.xml
index 79b24d10b..a567e1866 100644
--- a/templates/pom.xml
+++ b/templates/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     -->
     <groupId>io.github.demchaav</groupId>
     <artifactId>graph-compose-templates</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>GraphCompose Templates</name>
     <description>Built-in CV, cover-letter, invoice, and proposal document templates for GraphCompose.</description>
diff --git a/testing/pom.xml b/testing/pom.xml
index 715291cd0..6ff9b5779 100644
--- a/testing/pom.xml
+++ b/testing/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     -->
     <groupId>io.github.demchaav</groupId>
     <artifactId>graph-compose-testing</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>GraphCompose Testing</name>
     <description>Consumer testing support for GraphCompose: layout-snapshot assertions and PDF visual regression.</description>
diff --git a/wrapper/pom.xml b/wrapper/pom.xml
index 16234d121..4746605aa 100644
--- a/wrapper/pom.xml
+++ b/wrapper/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     -->
     <groupId>io.github.demchaav</groupId>
     <artifactId>graph-compose</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>GraphCompose</name>
     <description>The graph-compose coordinate: a drop-in aggregator over graph-compose-core for a PDF-capable install.</description>