diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b82b4e21..4537c855 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@nucypher/nucypher-contracts",
-  "version": "0.22.0",
+  "version": "0.23.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@nucypher/nucypher-contracts",
-      "version": "0.22.0",
+      "version": "0.23.0",
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.9.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 45469109..204eef2e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nucypher/nucypher-contracts",
-  "version": "0.22.0",
+  "version": "0.23.0",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
   "description": "Threshold Access Control (TACo) Smart Contracts",
   "author": "NuCypher",
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 02a282d6..69585d7d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.22.0
+current_version = 0.23.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(-(?P<stage>[^.]*)\.(?P<devnum>\d+))?