diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 52da613f77038e293ae5aa5dd832e0179c9d4513..1c8545af65f29525320501628892c51192d810fe 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ option(ENABLE_WRAP_PYTHON "Build Python wrappers" OFF)
 
 set(GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 set(GMSH_MINOR_VERSION 8)
-set(GMSH_PATCH_VERSION 2)
+set(GMSH_PATCH_VERSION 3)
 set(GMSH_EXTRA_VERSION "" CACHE STRING "Gmsh extra version string")
 
 set(GMSH_VERSION "${GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${GMSH_MINOR_VERSION}")