diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 738bb5a6df..3904834dc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -150,6 +150,6 @@ jobs:
               ref: "main",
               inputs: {
                 version: "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}",
-                content: "${{ toJSON(github.event.release.body) }}"
+                content: ${{ toJSON(github.event.release.body) }}
               }
             })
diff --git a/esphome/const.py b/esphome/const.py
index e65b4adc92..ebadf84dc7 100644
--- a/esphome/const.py
+++ b/esphome/const.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Constants used by esphome."""
 
-__version__ = "2023.2.0b2"
+__version__ = "2023.2.0b3"
 
 ALLOWED_NAME_CHARS = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_"