diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 42d5ee76b..2f413d233 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
-# 0.2.2 (August 19th, 2010)
+## 0.2.3 (August 20th, 2010)
+* connection flags can now be passed to the constructor via the :flags key
+* switch AR adapter connection over to use FOUND_ROWS option
+* patch to ensure we use DateTime objects in place of Time for timestamps that are out of the supported range on 32bit platforms < 1.9.2
+
+## 0.2.2 (August 19th, 2010)
 * Change how AR adapter would send initial commands upon connecting
 ** we can make multiple session variable assignments in a single query
 * fix signal handling when waiting on queries
diff --git a/lib/mysql2.rb b/lib/mysql2.rb
index 12bc28fdb..52ae5a506 100644
--- a/lib/mysql2.rb
+++ b/lib/mysql2.rb
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 #
 # A modern, simple and very fast Mysql library for Ruby - binding to libmysql
 module Mysql2
-  VERSION = "0.2.2"
+  VERSION = "0.2.3"
 end
diff --git a/mysql2.gemspec b/mysql2.gemspec
index f84097f8b..e49757fb3 100644
--- a/mysql2.gemspec
+++ b/mysql2.gemspec
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{mysql2}
-  s.version = "0.2.2"
+  s.version = "0.2.3"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Brian Lopez"]
-  s.date = %q{2010-08-19}
+  s.date = %q{2010-08-20}
   s.email = %q{seniorlopez@gmail.com}
   s.extensions = ["ext/mysql2/extconf.rb"]
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [