diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d8aee29..4ecf7adc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ endif (WIN32)
 
 SET(TAGLIB_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION "1")
 SET(TAGLIB_LIB_MINOR_VERSION "6")
-SET(TAGLIB_LIB_PATCH_VERSION "1")
+SET(TAGLIB_LIB_PATCH_VERSION "3")
 
 SET(TAGLIB_LIB_VERSION_STRING "${TAGLIB_LIB_MAJOR_VERSION}.${TAGLIB_LIB_MINOR_VERSION}.${TAGLIB_LIB_PATCH_VERSION}")
 
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ae647059..edc8b94e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ apidox:
 	fi; \
 	cp $(top_srcdir)/admin/Doxyfile.global taglib.doxyfile; \
 	echo "PROJECT_NAME        = TagLib" >> taglib.doxyfile; \
-	echo "PROJECT_NUMBER      = \"Version 1.6.2\"" >> taglib.doxyfile; \
+	echo "PROJECT_NUMBER      = \"Version 1.6.3\"" >> taglib.doxyfile; \
 	echo "INPUT               = $(srcdir)" >> taglib.doxyfile; \
 	echo "OUTPUT_DIRECTORY    = doc/api" >> taglib.doxyfile; \
 	echo "HTML_OUTPUT         = html" >> taglib.doxyfile; \
diff --git a/bindings/c/taglib_c.pc.in b/bindings/c/taglib_c.pc.in
index 7fb3df6e..7aeed91b 100644
--- a/bindings/c/taglib_c.pc.in
+++ b/bindings/c/taglib_c.pc.in
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: TagLib C Bindings
 Description: Audio meta-data library (C bindings)
 Requires: taglib
-Version: 1.6.2
+Version: 1.6.3
 Libs: -L${libdir} -ltag_c
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/taglib 
diff --git a/configure.in.in b/configure.in.in
index d0374906..91ed481b 100644
--- a/configure.in.in
+++ b/configure.in.in
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ dnl Perform program name transformation
 AC_ARG_PROGRAM
 
 dnl Automake doc recommends to do this only here. (Janos)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(taglib,1.6.2)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(taglib,1.6.3)
 
 dnl almost the same like KDE_SET_PEFIX but the path is /usr/local
 dnl
diff --git a/doc/api-header.html b/doc/api-header.html
index dee15c46..29fb5fc2 100644
--- a/doc/api-header.html
+++ b/doc/api-header.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
             <td>
               <div id="intro">
                 <table border="0" height="119" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
-                    <tr><td valign="top"><h1>TagLib 1.6.2 ($title)</h1></td></tr>
+                    <tr><td valign="top"><h1>TagLib 1.6.3 ($title)</h1></td></tr>
                     <tr>
                       <td valign="bottom">
                         <div id="links">
diff --git a/taglib-config.cmake b/taglib-config.cmake
index ec25fc73..d7d49e6a 100644
--- a/taglib-config.cmake
+++ b/taglib-config.cmake
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ do
 	  flags="$flags -I$includedir/taglib"
 	  ;;
     --version)
-	  echo 1.6.2
+	  echo 1.6.3
 	  ;;
     --prefix)
 	  echo $prefix
diff --git a/taglib-config.in b/taglib-config.in
index 453860fa..359def77 100644
--- a/taglib-config.in
+++ b/taglib-config.in
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ do
 	  flags="$flags -I$includedir/taglib"
 	  ;;
     --version)
-	  echo 1.6.2
+	  echo 1.6.3
 	  ;;
     --prefix)
 	  echo $prefix
diff --git a/taglib/taglib.pro b/taglib/taglib.pro
index 7783545e..8f0e5c94 100644
--- a/taglib/taglib.pro
+++ b/taglib/taglib.pro
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CONFIG -= qt
 DEFINES += HAVE_ZLIB=1 NDEBUG WITH_ASF WITH_MP4
 LIBS += -lz
 TARGET = TagLib
-VERSION = 1.6.2
+VERSION = 1.6.3
 DEPENDPATH += . \
            ape \
            asf \
diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/taglib.h b/taglib/toolkit/taglib.h
index a2fa5aff..0050e067 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/taglib.h
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/taglib.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 #define TAGLIB_MAJOR_VERSION 1
 #define TAGLIB_MINOR_VERSION 6
-#define TAGLIB_PATCH_VERSION 0
+#define TAGLIB_PATCH_VERSION 3
 
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 1))
 #define TAGLIB_IGNORE_MISSING_DESTRUCTOR _Pragma("GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wnon-virtual-dtor\"")