diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f8063e86ff2619853b5d2b5691143e4aa9b3613..10371f7119900f6f65367545113e8b9b846e3243 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ project(OpenStructure CXX C)
 set (CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS 1)
 set (OST_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
 set (OST_VERSION_MINOR 9)
-set (OST_VERSION_PATCH 2)
+set (OST_VERSION_PATCH 3)
 set (OST_VERSION_STRING ${OST_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OST_VERSION_MINOR}.${OST_VERSION_PATCH} )
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_support)
 include(OST)