diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
index 9a83564db7daa92c347d3d39077cf991b7751e06..8c35e70370f25d54590ce5c3dace19dd16493b30 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import spack.util.git
 
 #: PEP440 canonical <major>.<minor>.<micro>.<devN> string
-__version__ = "0.23.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "0.23.0"
 spack_version = __version__