diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 260266384..1836be1d0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ PROJECT(OpenSceneGraph)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION 8)
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 2)
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 55)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 3)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 65)
 
 # set to 0 when not a release candidate, non zero means that any generated 
 # svn tags will be treated as release candidates of given number
diff --git a/include/osg/Version b/include/osg/Version
index 1fb96471e..196cdb8b2 100644
--- a/include/osg/Version
+++ b/include/osg/Version
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION    2
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION    8
-#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION    2
-#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION        55
+#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION    3
+#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION        65
 
 /**
   * osgGetVersion() returns the library version number.