diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Client.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Client.cs
index d59f34b9c8..a2a8d3674a 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Client.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Client.cs
@@ -391,6 +391,13 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			return GlobalWin.MainForm.DesktopLocation.Y;
 		}
 
+        [LuaMethodExample("local incbhver = client.getversion( );")]
+        [LuaMethod("getversion", "Returns the current stable BizHawk version")]
+        public static string GetVersion()
+        {
+            return VersionInfo.Mainversion;            
+        }
+
 		[LuaMethodExample("local nlcliget = client.getavailabletools( );")]
 		[LuaMethod("getavailabletools", "Returns a list of the tools currently open")]
 		public LuaTable GetAvailableTools()
diff --git a/Version/VersionInfo.cs b/Version/VersionInfo.cs
index cbe25607eb..acff25d758 100644
--- a/Version/VersionInfo.cs
+++ b/Version/VersionInfo.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ using System.IO;
 
 internal static class VersionInfo
 {
-	public const string Mainversion = "2.0.0"; // Use numbers only or the new version notification won't work
-	public static readonly string RELEASEDATE = "June 25, 2017";
+    // keep this updated at every major release
+	public const string Mainversion = "2.3.0"; // Use numbers only or the new version notification won't work
+	public static readonly string RELEASEDATE = "June 24, 2018";
 	public static readonly bool DeveloperBuild = true;
 	public static readonly string HomePage = "http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk.html";