diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 841d2f88..b3f0e889 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+# Version 0.2.3
+
+```text
+         +--------------------------------+
+         | now with faster npm package!!! |
+         +--------------------------------+
+        /
+≽(◕ ᴗ ◕)≼
+```
+
+
 # Version 0.2.2
 
 ```text
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cacae697..d69e6451 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axolotlsay"
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.2.3"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 51ea424d..0f813996 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "axolotlsay"
 description = "💬 a CLI for learning to distribute CLIs in rust"
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.2.3"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/axodotdev/axolotlsay.git"