diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c427064..8830968 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 set(POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION "0")
 set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "20")
-set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "2")
+set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "3")
 set(POPPLER_VERSION "${POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION}")
 
 # command line switches
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
 else(MSVC)
 add_library(poppler SHARED ${poppler_SRCS})
 endif(MSVC)
-set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 26.0.0 SOVERSION 26)
+set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 27.0.0 SOVERSION 27)
 target_link_libraries(poppler ${poppler_LIBS})
 target_link_libraries(poppler LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES "")
 install(TARGETS poppler RUNTIME DESTINATION bin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX} ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index df7dca7..c4270dd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+Release 0.20.3
+        core:
+         * If NULL, NULL fails as password try EMPTY, EMPTY before failing (Bug #3498)
+         * SplashOutputDev: Fix bogus memory allocation size in Splash::arbitraryTransformImage (Bug #49523)
+         * SplashOutputDev: Fix segfault when scaleImage returns NULL (Bug #52488)
+         * SplashOutputDev: Blend mode enhancements for CMYK
+         * PSOutputDev: Fix conversion when creating multiple strips (Bug #51982)
+         * PSOutputDev: Fix Bitmaps in level2sep or level3sep (Bug #52384)
+         * PSOutputDev: Fix DeviceN images with alternate Lab colorspace in level 3 PostScript (Bug #51822)
+         * PSOutputDev: Make sure xScale and yScale are always initialized (Bug #52215)
+         * Unify poppler-config.h includes in core "installed" headers (Bug #52193)
+         * Replace c++ style includes with c style ones (Bug #52426)
+
+        utils:
+         * pdfseparate: Return 0 on success
+        
 Release 0.20.2
         core:
          * Fix compilation on Windows
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3626028..477597c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 m4_define([poppler_version_major],[0])
 m4_define([poppler_version_minor],[20])
-m4_define([poppler_version_micro],[2])
+m4_define([poppler_version_micro],[3])
 m4_define([poppler_version],[poppler_version_major.poppler_version_minor.poppler_version_micro])
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
diff --git a/cpp/Doxyfile b/cpp/Doxyfile
index 1643e53..242b04d 100644
--- a/cpp/Doxyfile
+++ b/cpp/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.20.2
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.20.3
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.
diff --git a/poppler/Makefile.am b/poppler/Makefile.am
index c5785d6..b53729f 100644
--- a/poppler/Makefile.am
+++ b/poppler/Makefile.am
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 	$(PTHREAD_LIBS)				\
 	$(win32_libs)
 
-libpoppler_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 26:0:0 @create_shared_lib@ @auto_import_flags@
+libpoppler_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 27:0:0 @create_shared_lib@ @auto_import_flags@
 
 if ENABLE_XPDF_HEADERS
 
diff --git a/qt4/src/Doxyfile b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
index 0920827..4ea5139 100644
--- a/qt4/src/Doxyfile
+++ b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.20.2
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.20.3
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.