diff --git a/grace-bootstrap/src/test/groovy/grails/util/GrailsUtilTests.java b/grace-bootstrap/src/test/groovy/grails/util/GrailsUtilTests.java
index 2ee853dda1..5f61cd22ec 100644
--- a/grace-bootstrap/src/test/groovy/grails/util/GrailsUtilTests.java
+++ b/grace-bootstrap/src/test/groovy/grails/util/GrailsUtilTests.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class GrailsUtilTests {
 
     @Test
     public void testGrailsVersion() {
-        assertEquals("2023.2.0-SNAPSHOT", GrailsUtil.getGrailsVersion());
+        assertEquals("2023.2.0-M2", GrailsUtil.getGrailsVersion());
     }
 
     @AfterEach
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 239b39daa9..3c3db46104 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-projectVersion=2023.2.0-SNAPSHOT
+projectVersion=2023.2.0-M2
 gradleExtraConfigurationsPluginVersion=9.0.0
 gradleNexusPublishPluginVersion=2.0.0
 gradleSdkVendorVersion=3.0.0