Prepare for release candidate
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7cc735d..d650a32 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
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+[![Javadocs](https://javadoc.io/badge/org.apache.commons/commons-compress/1.23.0.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-compress/1.23.0)
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@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
   <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-  <version>1.23.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.23.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e0b265c..0492e0b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-  <version>1.23.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.23.0</version>
   <name>Apache Commons Compress</name>
   <url>https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/</url>
   <inceptionYear>2002</inceptionYear> <!-- from NOTICE file -->
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/download_compress.xml b/src/site/xdoc/download_compress.xml
index 939220c..a29d37d 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/download_compress.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/download_compress.xml
@@ -113,32 +113,32 @@
       </p>
     </subsection>
     </section>
-    <section name="Apache Commons Compress 1.23.0-SNAPSHOT ">
+    <section name="Apache Commons Compress 1.23.0 ">
       <subsection name="Binaries">
         <table>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/compress/binaries/commons-compress-1.23.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.tar.gz">commons-compress-1.23.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.tar.gz</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/compress/binaries/commons-compress-1.23.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/compress/binaries/commons-compress-1.23.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/compress/binaries/commons-compress-1.23.0-bin.tar.gz">commons-compress-1.23.0-bin.tar.gz</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/compress/binaries/commons-compress-1.23.0-bin.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/compress/binaries/commons-compress-1.23.0-bin.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/compress/binaries/commons-compress-1.23.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.zip">commons-compress-1.23.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.zip</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/compress/binaries/commons-compress-1.23.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/compress/binaries/commons-compress-1.23.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/compress/binaries/commons-compress-1.23.0-bin.zip">commons-compress-1.23.0-bin.zip</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/compress/binaries/commons-compress-1.23.0-bin.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/compress/binaries/commons-compress-1.23.0-bin.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>
       <subsection name="Source">
         <table>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/compress/source/commons-compress-1.23.0-SNAPSHOT-src.tar.gz">commons-compress-1.23.0-SNAPSHOT-src.tar.gz</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/compress/source/commons-compress-1.23.0-SNAPSHOT-src.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/compress/source/commons-compress-1.23.0-SNAPSHOT-src.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/compress/source/commons-compress-1.23.0-src.tar.gz">commons-compress-1.23.0-src.tar.gz</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/compress/source/commons-compress-1.23.0-src.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/compress/source/commons-compress-1.23.0-src.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/compress/source/commons-compress-1.23.0-SNAPSHOT-src.zip">commons-compress-1.23.0-SNAPSHOT-src.zip</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/compress/source/commons-compress-1.23.0-SNAPSHOT-src.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/compress/source/commons-compress-1.23.0-SNAPSHOT-src.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/compress/source/commons-compress-1.23.0-src.zip">commons-compress-1.23.0-src.zip</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/compress/source/commons-compress-1.23.0-src.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/compress/source/commons-compress-1.23.0-src.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>