diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index afb1eff2e..9deb4e47a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - main
+      - parentv0
 name: Run Release Please
 jobs:
   release-please:
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         id: release
         with:
           token: ${{secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_ACTION_TOKEN}}
+          target-branch: parentv0
     outputs:
       release_created: ${{ fromJSON(steps.release.outputs.paths_released)[0] != null }} # if we have a single release path, do the release
 
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 439904de6..8662bcddf 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
   "providers/multiprovider": "0.0.2",
   "tools/junit-openfeature": "0.2.0",
   "tools/flagd-http-connector": "0.0.3",
-  ".": "0.2.2"
+  ".": "0.2.3"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b4c4cea9..7fdac60e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.3]([0.2.3](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/compare/dev.openfeature.contrib.parent-v0.2.2...dev.openfeature.contrib.parent-v0.2.3)) (2025-07-16)
+
+* exclude incompatible sdk version ([#1508](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/issues/1508)) ([54bd48d](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/commit/54bd48dbdcd6a2ff1f9667806887260953f03812))
+
 ## [0.2.2](https://github.com/open-feature/java-sdk-contrib/compare/dev.openfeature.contrib.parent-v0.2.1...dev.openfeature.contrib.parent-v0.2.2) (2025-04-24)
 
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9c7183b1a..501d9e450 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>dev.openfeature.contrib</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.2.2</version> <!--x-release-please-version -->
+    <version>0.2.3</version> <!--x-release-please-version -->
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>java-sdk-contrib</name>
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@
             <!-- this can be overriden in child POMs to support specific SDK requirements -->
             <groupId>dev.openfeature</groupId>
             <artifactId>sdk</artifactId>
-            <!-- 1.14.1 <= v < 2.0 (excluding 2.0 pre-releases)-->
-            <version>[1.14.1,1.99999)</version>
+            <!-- 1.14.1 <= v < 1.16 -->
+            <version>[1.14.1,1.16)</version>
             <!-- use the version provided at runtime -->
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index ea73ed221..9241f37cb 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "bootstrap-sha": "5b1c87955b5d66b993f943161b72b30c398c1537",
+  "bootstrap-sha": "537c660d1f19617c6adb1d49ff6ce18de92d42ae",
   "signoff": "OpenFeature Bot <109696520+openfeaturebot@users.noreply.github.com>",
   "separate-pull-requests": true,
   "packages": {
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index ee1372d33..717903969 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.2
+0.2.3