diff --git a/VERSION.cmake b/VERSION.cmake
index 1d62de1ff..3e3c9db6e 100644
--- a/VERSION.cmake
+++ b/VERSION.cmake
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION22.cmake)
+include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION23.cmake)
diff --git a/VERSION23.cmake b/VERSION23.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd404d764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION23.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# MaxScale version for CMake
+#
+# This file contains cache values for CMake which control MaxScale's version
+# number.
+
+set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR "2" CACHE STRING "Major version")
+set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_MINOR "3" CACHE STRING "Minor version")
+set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_PATCH "0" CACHE STRING "Patch version")
+
+# This should only be incremented if a package is rebuilt
+set(MAXSCALE_BUILD_NUMBER 1 CACHE STRING "Release number")
+
+set(MAXSCALE_MATURITY "Beta" CACHE STRING "Release maturity")
+
+set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_NUMERIC "${MAXSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${MAXSCALE_VERSION_MINOR}.${MAXSCALE_VERSION_PATCH}")
+set(MAXSCALE_VERSION "${MAXSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${MAXSCALE_VERSION_MINOR}.${MAXSCALE_VERSION_PATCH}")