diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 53adb84c8220e486bbbd53a613527ea448507b8a..a7ee35a3ea7047e281c38c1db29eb4990ec24385 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.2
+1.8.3
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 28e3cdd90a8b4eaeef09a68356080602942cd32a..921d075996c36203fdca946a24ce38a9c1bb88f9 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	VersionMajor = 1        // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 8        // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 2        // Patch version component of the current release
-	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
+	VersionMajor = 1          // Major version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 8          // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 3          // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMeta  = "unstable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
 // Version holds the textual version string.