diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 949ce4c..0451499 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.2"
+  ".": "0.2.3"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee5a490..b8623ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly OpenFeature provider for the Server-Side SDK for Java will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [0.2.3](https://github.com/launchdarkly/openfeature-java-server/compare/0.2.2...0.2.3) (2024-06-06)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Improve client initialization handling. ([#27](https://github.com/launchdarkly/openfeature-java-server/issues/27)) ([cf0ed18](https://github.com/launchdarkly/openfeature-java-server/commit/cf0ed18a91a331f0c686501b65af74832f759f34))
+
 ## [0.2.2](https://github.com/launchdarkly/openfeature-java-server/compare/0.2.1...0.2.2) (2024-06-05)
 
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 5904662..2f367a6 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 group = com.launchdarkly
 #x-release-please-start-version
-version=0.2.2
+version=0.2.3
 # x-release-please-version