diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index ddf8dc5..827aff0 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 CHANNEL stable
 MAJOR 2
 MINOR 9
-PATCH 2
+PATCH 3
 PRERELEASE 0
 PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
 ABI_VERSION 38