diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7295df3..513f172 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
 No significant changes since the last release
 
 
+## 2.3.1
+
+| Released on | Released by   |
+|-------------|---------------|
+| 2025-02-27  | @millerdev    |
+
+- Restore `jsonobject.JsonObjectMeta`
+
 ## 2.3.0
 
 | Released on | Released by   |
diff --git a/jsonobject/__init__.py b/jsonobject/__init__.py
index 0349521..18174b9 100644
--- a/jsonobject/__init__.py
+++ b/jsonobject/__init__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
+from .base import JsonObjectMeta
 from .containers import JsonArray
 from .properties import *
 from .api import JsonObject
 
-__version__ = '2.3.0'
+__version__ = '2.3.1'
 __all__ = [
     'IntegerProperty', 'FloatProperty', 'DecimalProperty',
     'StringProperty', 'BooleanProperty',
     'DateProperty', 'DateTimeProperty', 'TimeProperty',
     'ObjectProperty', 'ListProperty', 'DictProperty', 'SetProperty',
-    'JsonObject', 'JsonArray',
+    'JsonObject', 'JsonObjectMeta', 'JsonArray',
 ]
diff --git a/test/tests.py b/test/tests.py
index ffbfd1d..02b5d8a 100644
--- a/test/tests.py
+++ b/test/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from copy import deepcopy
 import unittest
+import jsonobject
 from jsonobject import *
 from jsonobject.exceptions import (
     BadValueError,
@@ -429,6 +430,10 @@ class Foo(JsonObject):
         foo = Foo()
         self.assertIsInstance(foo.bar, Bar)
 
+    def test_module_has_jsonobjectmeta(self):
+        # regression test
+        self.assertIsInstance(jsonobject.JsonObjectMeta, type)
+
 
 class TestJsonArray(unittest.TestCase):