diff --git a/make/hotspot_version b/make/hotspot_version
index 03e5df8dcc96fb6235fd4c0a6f09528657f58d98..8bffe3efc5170f4354d003974db01cfa8d9e0b0d 100644
--- a/make/hotspot_version
+++ b/make/hotspot_version
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ HOTSPOT_VM_COPYRIGHT=Copyright 2009
 
 HS_MAJOR_VER=16
 HS_MINOR_VER=0
-HS_BUILD_NUMBER=02
+HS_BUILD_NUMBER=03
 
 JDK_MAJOR_VER=1
 JDK_MINOR_VER=7