diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a5d1cf288..9965a3410 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.2.0"
+  ".": "2.3.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe498809f..54963d8df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.3.0](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/compare/descope-2.2.0...descope-2.3.0) (2026-05-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add license handshake and x-descope-license header ([#1537](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/issues/1537)) ([0ab28eb](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/commit/0ab28ebe9520b0f81055d6492cc77df5064d81c4))
+
 ## [2.2.0](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/compare/descope-2.1.0...descope-2.2.0) (2026-05-13)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7c8bab544..cecb71f98 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "descope"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.3.0"
 description = "Descope Python SDK"
 authors = [{ name = "Descope", email = "info@descope.com" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.9,<4.0"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index a108d8898..f46a544ea 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "descope"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.3.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "certifi" },