diff --git a/e2e-jar-test/pom.xml b/e2e-jar-test/pom.xml
index 325517bba..f54254a1f 100644
--- a/e2e-jar-test/pom.xml
+++ b/e2e-jar-test/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>net.snowflake</groupId>
         <artifactId>snowflake-ingest-sdk</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.2</version>
+        <version>2.3.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f1c746a56..2867ff47c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <!-- Arifact name and version information -->
   <groupId>net.snowflake</groupId>
   <artifactId>snowflake-ingest-sdk</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.2</version>
+  <version>2.3.0</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Snowflake Ingest SDK</name>
   <description>Snowflake Ingest SDK</description>
@@ -1218,12 +1218,16 @@
                     <exclude>assets/org/apache/commons/math3/exception/util/LocalizedFormats_fr.properties</exclude>
                     <exclude>about.html</exclude>
                     <exclude>mozilla/public-suffix-list.txt</exclude>
-
+                    <exclude>META-INF/ASL2.0</exclude>
+                    <exclude>META-INF/FastDoubleParser-LICENSE</exclude>
+                    <exclude>META-INF/FastDoubleParser-NOTICE</exclude>
+                    <exclude>META-INF/licenses*/**</exclude>
                     <exclude>META-INF/LICENSE*</exclude>
                     <exclude>META-INF/NOTICE*</exclude>
                     <exclude>META-INF/DEPENDENCIES</exclude>
                     <exclude>META-INF/maven/**</exclude>
                     <exclude>META-INF/services/com.fasterxml.*</exclude>
+                    <exclude>META-INF/thirdparty-LICENSE</exclude>
                     <exclude>META-INF/*.xml</exclude>
                     <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
                     <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/ingest/connection/RequestBuilder.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/ingest/connection/RequestBuilder.java
index 0c03e7e40..86f30db33 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/ingest/connection/RequestBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/ingest/connection/RequestBuilder.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class RequestBuilder {
   // Don't change!
   public static final String CLIENT_NAME = "SnowpipeJavaSDK";
 
-  public static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "2.2.2";
+  public static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "2.3.0";
 
   public static final String JAVA_USER_AGENT = "JAVA";