diff --git a/bin/make_all b/bin/make_all
index 4757055..54f904b 100755
--- a/bin/make_all
+++ b/bin/make_all
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 cd $DIR/../src/sslip.io-dns-server
-ldflags="-X xip/xip.VersionSemantic=2.2.4 \
+ldflags="-X xip/xip.VersionSemantic=2.3.0 \
          -X xip/xip.VersionDate=$(date +%Y/%m/%d-%H:%M:%S%z) \
          -X xip/xip.VersionGitHash=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 export GOOS GOARCH
diff --git a/bosh-release/.final_builds/packages/sslip.io-dns-server/index.yml b/bosh-release/.final_builds/packages/sslip.io-dns-server/index.yml
index 43a9122..5ce0997 100644
--- a/bosh-release/.final_builds/packages/sslip.io-dns-server/index.yml
+++ b/bosh-release/.final_builds/packages/sslip.io-dns-server/index.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ builds:
     version: 618bfe3b109f886f329fd5eb7905531aab3d8560418782631006cc09e973deba
     blobstore_id: 79a8e95c-3ae3-4626-54df-a56a9a867def
     sha1: sha256:5e44389f55dceb9012beee90721ff02d38c73e7922c6872129b3eae332a407e3
+  663565b31241fbac61a1cf3e756b573103d15cc541676e7076cbb24affc4cb16:
+    version: 663565b31241fbac61a1cf3e756b573103d15cc541676e7076cbb24affc4cb16
+    blobstore_id: a68337ca-1c9e-4597-485d-2ee9f081c3b5
+    sha1: sha256:7f4a32260a0d254ba9bbbdb4ad9f42618e600579618acd60dd23a8f45b783f04
   786561e90d2c832e021fdf46fc75aad34c66abd32e776f74b4130f7ae2427b67:
     version: 786561e90d2c832e021fdf46fc75aad34c66abd32e776f74b4130f7ae2427b67
     blobstore_id: f81ff453-5d1d-45c3-5e96-0147611a2bee
diff --git a/bosh-release/packages/sslip.io-dns-server/packaging b/bosh-release/packages/sslip.io-dns-server/packaging
index 6e3029a..1b0abf4 100644
--- a/bosh-release/packages/sslip.io-dns-server/packaging
+++ b/bosh-release/packages/sslip.io-dns-server/packaging
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ source /var/vcap/packages/golang-1-linux/bosh/compile.env
 mkdir src ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/bin
 mv sslip.io-dns-server/{go.*,main.go,xip} src/
 cd src/
-ldflags="-X xip/xip.VersionSemantic=2.2.4 \
+ldflags="-X xip/xip.VersionSemantic=2.3.0 \
          -X xip/xip.VersionDate=$(date +%Y/%m/%d-%H:%M:%S%z) \
-         -X xip/xip.VersionGitHash=4b0bd69"
+         -X xip/xip.VersionGitHash=84ffaee"
 go build \
     -ldflags="$ldflags" \
     -o ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/bin/sslip.io-dns-server
diff --git a/bosh-release/releases/sslip.io/index.yml b/bosh-release/releases/sslip.io/index.yml
index f5f57a8..085b46f 100644
--- a/bosh-release/releases/sslip.io/index.yml
+++ b/bosh-release/releases/sslip.io/index.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ builds:
     version: 1.3.1
   520c044f-c0d0-4fd8-72a4-ed482efa2a96:
     version: 1.3.0
+  5a0e2878-cc0e-4daf-4977-724451ad9855:
+    version: 2.3.0
   623b429d-bb4e-4064-5dd2-bf8287e6854b:
     version: 2.1.1
   6f328239-8642-475a-4bf7-e64fd6e7cb31:
diff --git a/bosh-release/releases/sslip.io/sslip.io-2.3.0.yml b/bosh-release/releases/sslip.io/sslip.io-2.3.0.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61d1e30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bosh-release/releases/sslip.io/sslip.io-2.3.0.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: sslip.io
+version: 2.3.0
+commit_hash: 6a22928
+uncommitted_changes: false
+jobs:
+- name: sslip.io-dns-server
+  version: 308acb7c186a042bc2ca4c28b83c9fe7589a64c48ab6a11869c442bcaea8fdf9
+  fingerprint: 308acb7c186a042bc2ca4c28b83c9fe7589a64c48ab6a11869c442bcaea8fdf9
+  sha1: sha256:6ca6f2c11816a82ecb3cf9300ea59369977cbaa7c39eddca35628a7c6b9b5b45
+  packages:
+  - sslip.io-dns-server
+packages:
+- name: golang-1-linux
+  version: 92655dbac2d36906f0d761ab03f2eb6bfa9a22730d8f1591a1acb7a6de875ed4
+  fingerprint: 92655dbac2d36906f0d761ab03f2eb6bfa9a22730d8f1591a1acb7a6de875ed4
+  sha1: sha256:e09c7eb7e88462113fdf2095d1ab0d4b9aed0dfd26cdda19744a47f006f6fe7c
+  dependencies: []
+- name: sslip.io-dns-server
+  version: 663565b31241fbac61a1cf3e756b573103d15cc541676e7076cbb24affc4cb16
+  fingerprint: 663565b31241fbac61a1cf3e756b573103d15cc541676e7076cbb24affc4cb16
+  sha1: sha256:7f4a32260a0d254ba9bbbdb4ad9f42618e600579618acd60dd23a8f45b783f04
+  dependencies:
+  - golang-1-linux
diff --git a/docs/DEVELOPER.md b/docs/DEVELOPER.md
index 0f5b4e9..ca2bff2 100644
--- a/docs/DEVELOPER.md
+++ b/docs/DEVELOPER.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ These instructions are meant primarily for me when deploying a new BOSH release;
 they might not make sense unless you're on my workstation.
 
 ```bash
-export OLD_VERSION=2.2.3
-export VERSION=2.2.4
+export OLD_VERSION=2.2.4
+export VERSION=2.3.0
 cd ~/workspace/sslip.io
 git pull -r --autostash
 # update the version number for the TXT record for version.sslip.io
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ bosh create-release --force
 bosh upload-release
 bosh -n -d sslip.io-dns-server deploy ~/workspace/deployments/sslip.io-dns-server.yml --recreate
 bosh instances # record the IP address of the instance
-IP=10.0.250.3
+IP=10.0.250.22
 dig +short 127.0.0.1.example.com @$IP
 echo 127.0.0.1
 dig +short ns example.com @$IP
@@ -51,9 +51,21 @@ dig @$IP txt ip.sslip.io +short | tr -d '"'
 curl curlmyip.org; echo
 dig @$IP txt version.sslip.io +short | grep $VERSION
 echo "\"$VERSION\""
+dig @$IP my-key.kv.sslip.io txt +short # returns nothing
+echo " ===" # separator because the results are too similar
+dig @$IP put.MyValue.my-key.kv.sslip.io txt +short
+echo "\"MyValue\""
+echo " ===" # separator because the results are too similar
+dig @$IP MY-KEY.kv.sslip.io txt +short
+echo "\"MyValue\""
+echo " ===" # separator because the results are too similar
+dig @$IP delete.my-key.kv.sslip.io txt +short
+echo "\"MyValue\""
+echo " ===" # separator because the results are too similar
+dig @$IP my-key.kv.sslip.io txt +short # returns nothing
 pushd ..
 git add -p
-git ci -vm"BOSH release: $VERSION: Deprecate nono.io nameservers"
+git ci -vm"BOSH release: $VERSION: kv.sslip.io key-value store"
 popd
 bosh upload-blobs
 bosh create-release \
diff --git a/k8s/Dockerfile-sslip.io-dns-server b/k8s/Dockerfile-sslip.io-dns-server
index e03b143..79f5084 100644
--- a/k8s/Dockerfile-sslip.io-dns-server
+++ b/k8s/Dockerfile-sslip.io-dns-server
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="brian.cunnie@gmail.com"
 RUN apk update && apk add bind-tools
 
 ARG TARGETARCH # amd64, arm64 (so I can run on AWS graviton2)
-RUN wget https://github.com/cunnie/sslip.io/releases/download/2.2.4/sslip.io-dns-server-linux-$TARGETARCH \
+RUN wget https://github.com/cunnie/sslip.io/releases/download/2.3.0/sslip.io-dns-server-linux-$TARGETARCH \
     -O /usr/sbin/sslip.io-dns-server; \
   chmod 755 /usr/sbin/sslip.io-dns-server
 
diff --git a/k8s/document_root/index.html b/k8s/document_root/index.html
index db026f9..588fd22 100644
--- a/k8s/document_root/index.html
+++ b/k8s/document_root/index.html
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script> <![endif]-->
       example, we install & run our server within a docker container:</p>
       <pre>
 docker run -it --rm fedora
-curl -L https://github.com/cunnie/sslip.io/releases/download/2.2.4/sslip.io-dns-server-linux-amd64 -o dns-server
+curl -L https://github.com/cunnie/sslip.io/releases/download/2.3.0/sslip.io-dns-server-linux-amd64 -o dns-server
 chmod +x dns-server
 ./dns-server 2&gt; dns-server.log &
 dnf install -y bind-utils
diff --git a/spec/check-dns_spec.rb b/spec/check-dns_spec.rb
index 96275b8..4471ad0 100644
--- a/spec/check-dns_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/check-dns_spec.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def get_whois_nameservers(domain)
 end
 
 domain = ENV['DOMAIN'] || 'example.com'
-sslip_version = '2.2.4'
+sslip_version = '2.3.0'
 whois_nameservers = get_whois_nameservers(domain)
 
 describe domain do