diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 048b109db7..4d2cbf6c32 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,98 @@
 # AliceVision Changelog
 
+## Release 2.3.0 (2020.10.09)
+
+### Release Notes Summary
+
+ - [hdr] Improved HDR calibration, including new LdrToHdrSampling for optimal sample selection
+[PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/835) [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/749) [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/899)
+ - [panorama] New Panorama Stitching nodes with support for fisheye lenses
+[PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/678) [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/749) [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/844) [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/857) [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/871)
+ - [texturing] Improve texturing quality on (low-poly) user mesh after retopology [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/677)
+ - [multiview] Addition of 10 points relative pose solver [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/474)
+ - [sfm] Coordinate system alignment to specific markers or between scenes [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/695)
+ - [matching] Add methods in imageMatching [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/730)
+ - [sfmData] More generic metadata support [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/820) [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/865)
+ - [software] New ImageProcessing software [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/741) [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/763) [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/826) [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/825)
+
+### Other Improvements and Bug Fixes
+
+ - [cameraInit] Support more extensions and add new viewId generation method [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/823)
+ - [depthMap] Fixed potential index out of range exception in PlaneSweepingCuda [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/694) 
+ - [feature] Fix popsift static release [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/807)
+ - [fuseCut] Improve delaunayGraphCut [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/832) 
+ - [fuseCut] Similarity map is optional [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/831) 
+ - [hdr] Update compensation of aperture and ISO change in HDR fusion [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/863)
+ - [image] Fix bug with input RGBA Images [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/743)
+ - [keyframe] KeyframeSelector: add padding in created filenames [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/740)
+ - [matching] Fix unmatching declaration and definitions [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/810)
+ - [meshing] Fix load of depth maps without metadata [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/738)
+ - [meshing] Simplify input depth map folders [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/815)
+ - [panorama] HDR Panorama: Handle very high intensities [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/891)
+ - [panorama] Panorama: Add Graphcut in compositing [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/850) [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/876)
+ - [sfm] Add scale as parameter in functions for sfm [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/736)
+ - [sfm] Bugfix: ceres::AngleAxisRotatePoint cannot be used in-place [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/696)
+ - [sfm] Performance improvements: optimize RemoveOutliers_AngleError [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/841)
+ - [sfm] SfM statistics [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/774)
+ - [sfmDataIO] Add Observation scale in IO [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/766)
+ - [sfmSfM] Major bug fix on BlockOrder in BACeres [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/849)
+ - [software] ConvertSfMFormat: bug fix: remove pose only if it exists [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/859)
+ - [software] Image matching: fix min nb images [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/739) 
+ - [software] ImageProcessing: add option to fix non finite pixels [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/890)
+ - [software] ImageProcessing: add storageDataType option [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/896)
+ - [software] PanoramaCompositing: option to select the percentage of upscaled pixels:[PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/864)
+ - [software] PanoramaEstimation: sort input images by shooting time to select the center camera [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/868)
+ - [software] PanoramaInit: Add an extra image rotation to each camera declared the input xml [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/867)
+ - [software] PanoramaInit: Add new restriction to circle detection [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/872)
+ - [software] PanoramaInit: improve fisheye circle detection[PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/897)
+ - [software] SfMTransfer: New option to copy intrinsics from one sfmdata to another [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/882)
+ - [tracks] Fix tracks filtering [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/761)
+ - [voctree] Fix possible overflow in unsigned subtraction [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/786)
+ - [windows] Add main function wrapper to catch exceptions and avoid annoying error popup on windows [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/768)
+ - [sensorDB] Many updates to cameraSensors.db
+
+### Build, CI, Documentation
+
+ - [matching] Build fix for MSVC 2019 [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/805)
+ - [build] Avoid circular dependency [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/839)
+ - [build] Fix build against cuda<=11 [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/851)
+ - [build] Fix offset logging against boost 1.71 [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/709)
+ - [build] Fix prettyprint MSVC compatibility [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/784)
+ - [build] Fix unit test includes [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/773)  
+ - [build] Make sure suitesparse build with jenkins pipeline [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/801)
+ - [build] Remove unused embedded cxsparse [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/770)
+ - [build] Workaround for a build incompatibility between prettyprint and eigen [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/705) 
+ - [ci] Add github actions CI [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/782)
+ - [ci] AppVeyor: Build with VS 2019, Cuda 11 [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/776) 
+ - [ci] Build alicevision snapshot binaries (win) [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/753)
+ - [ci] remove travis [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/843) 
+ - [cmake] All-in-one: update geogram to 1.7.3 [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/732) 
+ - [cmake] Build all-in-one: add gmp, mpfr, ffmpeg [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/892)
+ - [cmake] Fix eigen flags [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/791)
+ - [cmake] Fix findOpenEXR missing  escapes [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/788) 
+ - [cmake] Missing Boost::boost dependency [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/771)
+ - [cmake] Update required CMake version [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/811) 
+ - [cmake] Using modern cmake for boost [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/719)
+ - [cmake] Add cuda support for SM 86 [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/911)
+ - [doc] Build: add notice that english language pack is required for VS/vcpkg [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/804)
+ - [doc] Fixed citation [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/716)
+ - [doc] INSTALL.md: add boost-timer and lz4 to vcpkg install command [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/704)
+ - [docker] Clean docker images for centos and ubuntu [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/881)
+ - [docker] Fix ubuntu dockerfile [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/800)
+ - [docker] Fixes docker and all-in-one cmake build [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/785)
+ - [docker] Minor Changes in the docker build command [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/760)
+ - [docker] Release docker [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/762) 
+ - [github] Added actions for stale issues [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/693)
+ - [github] Fix stale.yml [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/781)
+ - [meshing] Code refactoring [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/667)
+ - [sensor] Replace deprecated basestring with str (Py3) [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/722)
+ - [sfmDataIO] Throw if we try to load an abc file and AliceVision is built without Alembic support [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/878)
+ - [system] Logger levels were not case insensitive [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/711)
+ - [windows] Fixing vs2019 build options [PR](https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/pull/796)
+
+For more details see all PR merged: https://github.com/alicevision/AliceVision/milestone/31
+
+
 ## Release 2.2.0 (2019.08.08)
 
 Release Notes Summary:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b976afc408..350309790e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ if(AV_BUILD_CCTAG)
 set(CCTAG_TARGET cctag)
 ExternalProject_Add(${CCTAG_TARGET}
       GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/alicevision/CCTag
-      GIT_TAG 99dbd88d044e317796806805f8a0800775fcdc83
+      GIT_TAG ebdfe26d86425ba5c60c05f9b164c5dd23cc87ed
       PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}
       BUILD_IN_SOURCE 0
       BUILD_ALWAYS 0
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ if(AV_BUILD_POPSIFT)
 set(POPSIFT_TARGET popsift)
 ExternalProject_Add(${POPSIFT_TARGET}
       GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/alicevision/popsift
-      GIT_TAG 63f11cd949532197e985477c75ebdbe9a0f7649c
+      GIT_TAG c8a669bce33db2525f6873a89c6d7c7434f93537
       PREFIX ${BUILD_DIR}
       BUILD_IN_SOURCE 0
       BUILD_ALWAYS 0
diff --git a/src/aliceVision/version.hpp b/src/aliceVision/version.hpp
index e278fdb24f..db3934bffa 100644
--- a/src/aliceVision/version.hpp
+++ b/src/aliceVision/version.hpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #define ALICEVISION_VERSION_MAJOR 2
-#define ALICEVISION_VERSION_MINOR 2
+#define ALICEVISION_VERSION_MINOR 3
 #define ALICEVISION_VERSION_REVISION 0
 
 // Preprocessor to string conversion