diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 50a38fb9a..dd485eab0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Versioned according to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [2.47.0] - 2023-03-15
+
 Fixed:
 
   * `ocrd resmgr`: handle namespaces packages gracefully for Python `<=` 3.6, #917, #985
diff --git a/ocrd_utils/setup.py b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
index e95c63264..75e5a1607 100644
--- a/ocrd_utils/setup.py
+++ b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='ocrd_utils',
-    version='2.46.0',
+    version='2.47.0',
     description='OCR-D framework - shared code, helpers, constants',
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',