diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index 264523e7f..0c2bdfbe3 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ CURLcode curl_global_init(long flags);
 void curl_global_cleanup(void);
 
 /* This is the version number */
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.9.3-pre1"
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.9.3-pre2"
 #define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070903
 
 /* linked-list structure for the CURLOPT_QUOTE option (and other) */
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 3af18d8a8..72e30d3e2 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #define CURL_NAME "curl"
-#define CURL_VERSION "7.9.3-pre1"
+#define CURL_VERSION "7.9.3-pre2"
 #define CURL_ID CURL_NAME " " CURL_VERSION " (" OS ") "