diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c12fe55f65101874defd6a459a714bd21db99dd..ac22c1b904891b4538e5c13d8eb9ff5c8aaa446b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ opt(WRAP_PYTHON "Enable generation of Python wrappers" OFF)
 
 set(GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 set(GMSH_MINOR_VERSION 9)
-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}")