diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2dfc706..b64fb4c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+####################### V 1.8.0.3:
+
 Security:
 	readline.sh has new option -lf <logfile> for stderr. If this option is
 	not given it logs to a file in . (cwd) only when . is not writable by
diff --git a/README b/README
index 0605138..da6f64a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Arch Linux: openssl       readline
 
 Get the tarball and extract it:
 	tar xzf socat.tar.gz
-	cd socat-1.8.0.2
+	cd socat-1.8.0.3
 	./configure
 	make
 	su
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8a17980..12355b9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-"1.8.0.2+"
+"1.8.0.3"
diff --git a/socat.spec b/socat.spec
index 3d2b7a1..55e1d70 100644
--- a/socat.spec
+++ b/socat.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 %define majorver 1.8
-%define minorver 0.2
+%define minorver 0.3
 
 Summary: socat - multipurpose relay
 Name: socat