diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index b60a9f0da..fdca815c4 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ CURLcode curl_global_init(long flags);
 void curl_global_cleanup(void);
 
 /* This is the version number */
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.10.3-test"
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.10.3-pre3"
 #define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070a03
 
 /* linked-list structure for the CURLOPT_QUOTE option (and other) */
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index ff45d1af9..831c2a647 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #define CURL_NAME "curl"
-#define CURL_VERSION "7.10.3-pre2"
+#define CURL_VERSION "7.10.3-pre3"
 #define CURL_ID CURL_NAME " " CURL_VERSION " (" OS ") "