diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index d3d9af17f554a1d25c56feebc1fd55b52581affd..3783e4ecb3d391271fe50d26b4b5475bdd1001af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+4.8.3 (April 6, 2021): small bug fixes.
+
 4.8.2 (March 27, 2021): fixed regression in OCC transforms; fixed cwrap API.
 
 4.8.1 (March 21, 2021): improved performance when transforming many OCC
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 541c51a40b163060756084c9b2fc3b4ec24fa001..68f28ef5a87d39d77eaac30b7a26229b251e5b92 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ opt(ZIPPER "Enable Zip file compression/decompression" OFF)
 
 set(GMSH_MAJOR_VERSION 4)
 set(GMSH_MINOR_VERSION 8)
-set(GMSH_PATCH_VERSION 2)
+set(GMSH_PATCH_VERSION 3)
 if(NOT GMSH_EXTRA_VERSION)
   set(GMSH_EXTRA_VERSION "")
 endif()