diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index 4fc1614d9..2f780d490 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ char *curl_getenv(char *variable);
 char *curl_version(void);
 
 /* This is the version number */
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.6-pre2"
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.6-pre3"
 #define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070600
 
 /* linked-list structure for the CURLOPT_QUOTE option (and other) */
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index d4e5cf7b8..e6da9deae 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #define CURL_NAME "curl"
-#define CURL_VERSION "7.6-pre2"
+#define CURL_VERSION "7.6-pre3"
 #define CURL_ID CURL_NAME " " CURL_VERSION " (" OS ") "