diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5286ffb..6163622 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # This is the version of the coherence-go-client
-VERSION ?=2.3.0-rc2
+VERSION ?=2.3.0
 CURRDIR := $(shell pwd)
 USER_ID := $(shell echo "`id -u`:`id -g`")
 
diff --git a/coherence/coherence_test_helpers.go b/coherence/coherence_test_helpers.go
index ee5785f..3bd6a39 100644
--- a/coherence/coherence_test_helpers.go
+++ b/coherence/coherence_test_helpers.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, 2025 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  * Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at
  * https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
  */
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ import (
 
 // test helpers
 
-//func SubmitRequest(session *Session, req *pb1.ProxyRequest) (proxyRequestChannel, error) {
-//	return session.v1StreamManagerCache.submitRequest(req)
-//}
-
 func TestEnsureCache(ctx context.Context, session *Session, cache string) (*int32, error) {
 	return session.v1StreamManagerCache.ensureCache(ctx, cache)
 }