diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml
index 15d1d58510..e876428bbc 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven-example</artifactId>
-	<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.0</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>jOOQ Codegen Maven</name>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.0</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven</artifactId>
-				<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>2.3.0</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>exec1</id>
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
index cc92d6a3b2..55b100a06a 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	
 	<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven</artifactId>
-	<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.0</version>
 	<packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
 	
 	<name>jOOQ Codegen Maven</name>
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jooq-codegen</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.0</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml
index 50226b4d14..e37b793b8c 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jooq-codegen</artifactId>
-	<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.0</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>jOOQ Codegen</name>
@@ -150,14 +150,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.0</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jooq-meta</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.0</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/jOOQ-console/pom.xml b/jOOQ-console/pom.xml
index b2ed3112b2..a5bc670e77 100644
--- a/jOOQ-console/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-console/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
     <artifactId>jooq-console</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>jOOQ</name>
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
             <artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>2.3.0</version>
             <type>jar</type>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml b/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml
index ef3ddf8f6e..348f64f3e3 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jooq-meta</artifactId>
-	<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.0</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>jOOQ Meta</name>
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.0</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/jOOQ-release/build.xml b/jOOQ-release/build.xml
index dee6047ec3..c15d1c85df 100644
--- a/jOOQ-release/build.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-release/build.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<property name="dir.workspace" value="${basedir}/.." />
 	<property name="dir.target" value="${basedir}/target" />
 	<property name="dir.release" value="${basedir}/release" />
-	<property name="version" value="2.2.1"/>
+	<property name="version" value="2.3.0"/>
 
 	<!-- Run a full mvn clean package install deploy first before this -->
 	<target name="release" description="Release a new version">
diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
index a33635b520..e1bc6d9f3f 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import javax.swing.UIManager;
+
 import org.jooq.ArrayRecord;
 import org.jooq.DataType;
 import org.jooq.ExecuteType;
@@ -74,7 +76,9 @@ import org.jooq.conf.RenderMapping;
 import org.jooq.conf.Settings;
 import org.jooq.conf.SettingsTools;
 import org.jooq.debug.DebugListener;
-import org.jooq.debug.console.DatabaseDescriptor;
+import org.jooq.debug.Debugger;
+import org.jooq.debug.console.Console;
+import org.jooq.debug.console.remote.ClientDebugger;
 import org.jooq.debug.console.remote.RemoteDebuggerServer;
 import org.jooq.impl.Factory;
 import org.jooq.test._.TestStatisticsListener;
@@ -420,28 +424,12 @@ public abstract class jOOQAbstractTest<
 
             boolean runConsoleInProcess = false;
             if (runConsoleInProcess) {
-                DatabaseDescriptor descriptor = new DatabaseDescriptor() {
-                    @Override
-                    public Schema getSchema() {
-                        return jOOQAbstractTest.this.schema();
-                    }
-
-                    @Override
-                    public SQLDialect getSQLDialect() {
-                        return SQLDialect.ORACLE;
-                    }
-
-                    @Override
-                    public Connection createConnection() {
-                        return jOOQAbstractTest.this.getConnection();
-                    }
-                };
-
                 try {
-//                    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
-//                    Console console = new Console(descriptor, true);
-//                    console.setLoggingActive(true);
-//                    console.setVisible(true);
+                    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
+                    Debugger debugger = new ClientDebugger("127.0.0.1", DEBUGGER_PORT);
+                    Console console = new Console(debugger, true);
+                    console.setLoggingActive(true);
+                    console.setVisible(true);
                 }
                 catch (Exception ignore) {}
             }
diff --git a/jOOQ/pom.xml b/jOOQ/pom.xml
index 49e6ff6fb1..f0120a22cd 100644
--- a/jOOQ/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
-	<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.0</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>jOOQ</name>