diff --git a/admin/package.json b/admin/package.json
index 84e79f8c521..7a9e9b56dc5 100644
--- a/admin/package.json
+++ b/admin/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "admin",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.2.7",
+  "version": "2.3.0",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/bin/package.json b/bin/package.json
index 01d7836712f..c65413aa0b6 100644
--- a/bin/package.json
+++ b/bin/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bin",
-  "version": "2.2.7",
+  "version": "2.3.0",
   "description": "",
   "main": "checkAllPads.js",
   "directories": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2130dc97369..9a6db1070f6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite.git"
   },
-  "version": "2.2.7",
+  "version": "2.3.0",
   "license": "Apache-2.0"
 }
diff --git a/settings.json.docker b/settings.json.docker
index da1d51c13a8..6b4b3242654 100644
--- a/settings.json.docker
+++ b/settings.json.docker
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
  * 3) if you want to use newlines in the default value of a string parameter,
  *    use "\n" as usual.
  *
- *    "defaultPadText" : "${DEFAULT_PAD_TEXT}Line 1\nLine 2"
+ *    "defaultPadText" : "${DEFAULT_PAD_TEXT:Line 1\nLine 2}"
  */
 {
   /*
diff --git a/settings.json.template b/settings.json.template
index 2d856f42e4c..e6293d87fa3 100644
--- a/settings.json.template
+++ b/settings.json.template
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
  * 3) if you want to use newlines in the default value of a string parameter,
  *    use "\n" as usual.
  *
- *    "defaultPadText" : "${DEFAULT_PAD_TEXT}Line 1\nLine 2"
+ *    "defaultPadText" : "${DEFAULT_PAD_TEXT:Line 1\nLine 2}"
  */
 {
   /*
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index db3d181a24e..48b5c3e0175 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -142,6 +142,6 @@
     "debug:socketio": "cross-env DEBUG=socket.io* node --require tsx/cjs node/server.ts",
     "test:vitest": "vitest"
   },
-  "version": "2.2.7",
+  "version": "2.3.0",
   "license": "Apache-2.0"
 }