diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 509c79b6..8cd586e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ Kubernetes Collection Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v2.2.3
+======
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- k8s_drain - fix error caused by accessing an undefined variable when pods have local storage (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/292).
+- k8s_info - don't wait on empty List resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/253).
+- module_utils.common - change default opening mode to read-bytes to avoid bad interpretation of non ascii characters and strings, often present in 3rd party manifests.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Add integration test to check handling of module_defaults (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/296).
+
 v2.2.2
 ======
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0c0072e6..72d9fb29 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Also needs to be updated in galaxy.yml
-VERSION = 2.2.2
+VERSION = 2.2.3
 
 TEST_ARGS ?= ""
 PYTHON_VERSION ?= `python -c 'import platform; print(".".join(platform.python_version_tuple()[0:2]))'`
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ab2008a..ff0d5713 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ You can also include it in a `requirements.yml` file and install it via `ansible
 ---
 collections:
   - name: kubernetes.core
-    version: 2.2.2
+    version: 2.2.3
 ```
 
 ### Installing the Kubernetes Python Library
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 8a86affc..05ec6b46 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -501,3 +501,20 @@ releases:
     fragments:
     - 298-remove-binary-file.yaml
     release_date: '2021-12-07'
+  2.2.3:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - k8s_drain - fix error caused by accessing an undefined variable when pods
+        have local storage (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/292).
+      - k8s_info - don't wait on empty List resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/253).
+      - module_utils.common - change default opening mode to read-bytes to avoid bad
+        interpretation of non ascii characters and strings, often present in 3rd party
+        manifests.
+      minor_changes:
+      - Add integration test to check handling of module_defaults
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/296).
+    fragments:
+    - 253-dont-wait-on-list-resources.yaml
+    - 295-fix-k8s-drain-variable-declaration.yaml
+    - 308-fix-for-common-non-ascii-characters-in-resources.yaml
+    release_date: '2022-01-18'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/253-dont-wait-on-list-resources.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/253-dont-wait-on-list-resources.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b826e558..00000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/253-dont-wait-on-list-resources.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - k8s_info - don't wait on empty List resources (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/253).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/295-fix-k8s-drain-variable-declaration.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/295-fix-k8s-drain-variable-declaration.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c56d3863..00000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/295-fix-k8s-drain-variable-declaration.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - k8s_drain - fix error caused by accessing an undefined variable when pods have local storage (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/292).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/308-fix-for-common-non-ascii-characters-in-resources.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/308-fix-for-common-non-ascii-characters-in-resources.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d9730f8f..00000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/308-fix-for-common-non-ascii-characters-in-resources.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - module_utils.common - change default opening mode to read-bytes to avoid bad interpretation of non ascii characters and strings, often present in 3rd party manifests.
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index d2c90cfa..c3cbc0ee 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ tags:
   - openshift
   - okd
   - cluster
-version: 2.2.2
+version: 2.2.3
 build_ignore:
   - .DS_Store
   - '*.tar.gz'