diff --git a/nngt/__init__.py b/nngt/__init__.py
index 4146962..fa11e67 100644
--- a/nngt/__init__.py
+++ b/nngt/__init__.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 import numpy as _np
 
 
-__version__ = '2.2.1'
+__version__ = '2.3.0'
 
 
 # ----------------------- #
diff --git a/nngt/generation/connectors.py b/nngt/generation/connectors.py
index 1b85136..911bec3 100644
--- a/nngt/generation/connectors.py
+++ b/nngt/generation/connectors.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def connect_neural_types(network, source_type, target_type, graph_model,
 
 
 @deprecated("1.3.1", reason="the library is moving to more generic names",
-            alternative="connect_groups", removal="a later version")
+            alternative="connect_groups", removal="3.0")
 def connect_neural_groups(*args, **kwargs):
     ''' Deprecatd alias of :func:`connect_groups`. '''
     return connect_groups(*args, **kwargs)