diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e07e40ab1..0f24d43f39 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # We need 3.12 or later, so that we can set policy CMP0074; see below.
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 
-set(PCAPPP_VERSION "22.11+")
+set(PCAPPP_VERSION "23.09")
 
 # MAIN_PROJECT CHECK
 set(PCAPPP_MAIN_PROJECT OFF)
diff --git a/Common++/header/PcapPlusPlusVersion.h b/Common++/header/PcapPlusPlusVersion.h
index 3d94dc0d2b..604edc30be 100644
--- a/Common++/header/PcapPlusPlusVersion.h
+++ b/Common++/header/PcapPlusPlusVersion.h
@@ -11,20 +11,20 @@
  */
 namespace pcpp
 {
-	#define PCAPPLUSPLUS_VERSION "22.11+"
-	#define PCAPPLUSPLUS_VERSION_OFFICIAL "non-official release"
+	#define PCAPPLUSPLUS_VERSION "23.09"
+	#define PCAPPLUSPLUS_VERSION_OFFICIAL "official release"
 
 	#define PCAPPLUSPLUS_VERSION_FULL "v" PCAPPLUSPLUS_VERSION " (" PCAPPLUSPLUS_VERSION_OFFICIAL ")"
 
 	/**
-	 * @return PcapPlusPlus current version, e.g: 22.11. Notice that for non-official releases (which were pulled from GitHub) the version will end with a '+'.
-	 * For example: '22.11+' means non-official release but '22.11' means official release
+	 * @return PcapPlusPlus current version, e.g: 23.09. Notice that for non-official releases (which were pulled from GitHub) the version will end with a '+'.
+	 * For example: '23.09+' means non-official release but '23.09' means official release
 	 */
 	inline std::string getPcapPlusPlusVersion() { return PCAPPLUSPLUS_VERSION; }
 
 	/**
-	 * @return PcapPlusPlus long version string which includes the version and info whether it's an official or non-official release. For example: "v22.11+ (non-official release)"
-	 * or "v22.11 (official release)"
+	 * @return PcapPlusPlus long version string which includes the version and info whether it's an official or non-official release. For example: "v23.09+ (non-official release)"
+	 * or "v23.09 (official release)"
 	 */
 	inline std::string getPcapPlusPlusVersionFull() { return PCAPPLUSPLUS_VERSION_FULL; }