diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index cbdc7fddd38..0bc752fbe70 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 // A real patch identifier. This is incremented when we release a patch for a
 // production release. Note the above $v_patch variable is a misnomer and actually
 // stores release version information.
-$v_realpatch = '2';
+$v_realpatch = '3';
 
 // Database version identifier, this is to be incremented whenever there
 // is a database change in the course of development.  It is used