diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 26a191cf..5e750148 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 # Eclipse GLSP Server Changelog
 
-## v2.2.0 - active
+## v2.3.0 - active
 
 ### Changes
 
+### Potentially Breaking Changes
+
+## [v2.2.1 - 22/07/2024](https://github.com/eclipse-glsp/glsp-server/releases/tag/v2.2.1)
+
+### Changes
+
+- [build] Restrict log4j version to 2.19.0 <= x <= 2.23.1 for maven [#230](https://github.com/eclipse-glsp/glsp-server/pull/230)
 - [model] Allow definition of resize handle locations for `GShapeElements` [#231](https://github.com/eclipse-glsp/glsp-server/pull/231)
 - [api] Improve extensibility of `DefaultActionDispatcher` [#235](https://github.com/eclipse-glsp/glsp-server/pull/235)- Contributed on behalf of Axon Ivy AG
 
diff --git a/examples/org.eclipse.glsp.example.workflow/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/examples/org.eclipse.glsp.example.workflow/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 4076dfec..e4c7c06e 100644
--- a/examples/org.eclipse.glsp.example.workflow/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/examples/org.eclipse.glsp.example.workflow/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: GLSP Workflow Example
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.glsp.example.workflow;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 2.2.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 2.3.0.qualifier
 Bundle-ClassPath: .
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse GLSP
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
diff --git a/examples/org.eclipse.glsp.example.workflow/pom.xml b/examples/org.eclipse.glsp.example.workflow/pom.xml
index 0338cf5a..31427d61 100644
--- a/examples/org.eclipse.glsp.example.workflow/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/org.eclipse.glsp.example.workflow/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.glsp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.eclipse.glsp.parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.graph/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.graph/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 6006e7aa..b09c1edf 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.graph/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.graph/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: GLSP Graph
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.glsp.graph;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 2.2.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 2.3.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse GLSP
 Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.glsp.graph
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-17
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.graph/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.graph/pom.xml
index 942e288a..0ad4e4c7 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.graph/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.graph/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.glsp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.eclipse.glsp.parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.layout/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.layout/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 3e3aa71b..f98b5d80 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.layout/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.layout/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: GLSP Layout
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.glsp.layout
-Bundle-Version: 2.2.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 2.3.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Vendor: EclispeSource
 Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.glsp.layout
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-17
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.layout/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.layout/pom.xml
index 4bbcf77e..0fb248a6 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.layout/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.layout/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.glsp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.eclipse.glsp.parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server.emf/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server.emf/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 89e8399a..1e60654c 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server.emf/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server.emf/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: GLSP Server EMF
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.glsp.server.emf;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 2.2.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 2.3.0.qualifier
 Bundle-ClassPath: .
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse GLSP
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server.emf/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server.emf/pom.xml
index 148c2e51..4dd11235 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server.emf/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server.emf/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.glsp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.eclipse.glsp.parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server.websocket/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server.websocket/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 60fff427..014fb01c 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server.websocket/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server.websocket/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: GLSP Server Websocket
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.glsp.server.websocket
-Bundle-Version: 2.2.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 2.3.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse GLSP
 Automatic-Module-Name: com.eclipsesource.glps.server.websocket
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-17
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server.websocket/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server.websocket/pom.xml
index 4f69f8b2..aff3d703 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server.websocket/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server.websocket/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.glsp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.eclipse.glsp.parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 80f70fc0..c0a84e05 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: GLSP Server
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.glsp.server
-Bundle-Version: 2.2.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 2.3.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse GLSP
 Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.glsp.server
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-17
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/pom.xml
index a91be1f8..188973b3 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.glsp.server/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.glsp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.eclipse.glsp.parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 96cdf33c..7905219e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.eclipse.glsp</groupId>
 	<artifactId>org.eclipse.glsp.parent</artifactId>
 	<description>GLSP Parent pom </description>
-	<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>GLSP Parent</name>
diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.glsp.feature/feature.xml b/releng/org.eclipse.glsp.feature/feature.xml
index aac9e826..4e0ada16 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.glsp.feature/feature.xml
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.glsp.feature/feature.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <feature
       id="org.eclipse.glsp.feature"
       label="GLSP SDK"
-      version="2.2.0.qualifier"
+      version="2.3.0.qualifier"
       provider-name="Eclipse GLSP">
 
    <description url="http://www.example.com/description">
diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.glsp.feature/pom.xml b/releng/org.eclipse.glsp.feature/pom.xml
index 0ab82d6e..48a6f0b1 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.glsp.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.glsp.feature/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
   	<groupId>org.eclipse.glsp</groupId>
   	<artifactId>org.eclipse.glsp.releng</artifactId>
-  	<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  	<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   	<relativePath>../</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <packaging>eclipse-feature</packaging>
diff --git a/releng/org.eclipse.glsp.repository/pom.xml b/releng/org.eclipse.glsp.repository/pom.xml
index b6e4ebef..cbf67b8f 100644
--- a/releng/org.eclipse.glsp.repository/pom.xml
+++ b/releng/org.eclipse.glsp.repository/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.glsp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.eclipse.glsp.releng</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>org.eclipse.glsp.repository</artifactId>
diff --git a/releng/pom.xml b/releng/pom.xml
index ea51a502..93ae7996 100644
--- a/releng/pom.xml
+++ b/releng/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.glsp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.eclipse.glsp.parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/tests/org.eclipse.glsp.graph.test/pom.xml b/tests/org.eclipse.glsp.graph.test/pom.xml
index 7ee552da..4f82acd3 100644
--- a/tests/org.eclipse.glsp.graph.test/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/org.eclipse.glsp.graph.test/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.glsp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.eclipse.glsp.parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/tests/org.eclipse.glsp.server.test/pom.xml b/tests/org.eclipse.glsp.server.test/pom.xml
index 22fc3497..e4f145e3 100644
--- a/tests/org.eclipse.glsp.server.test/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/org.eclipse.glsp.server.test/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.glsp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.eclipse.glsp.parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
index 97303543..f5520436 100644
--- a/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.eclipse.glsp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>org.eclipse.glsp.parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>