diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 630e044..758c8c9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 set(POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION "0")
 set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "15")
-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
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
 else(MSVC)
 add_library(poppler SHARED ${poppler_SRCS})
 endif(MSVC)
-set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 10.0.0 SOVERSION 10)
+set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 11.0.0 SOVERSION 11)
 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 4aa2782..fa04e5c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+Release 0.15.3 (0.16 RC)
+
+	core:
+	 * Improve rendering of radial shadings
+	 * Open a broken file (Bug #31861)
+	 * Correct parsing of linearization table (Bug #31627)
+	 * Find fonts inside patterns (Bug #31948)
+	 * [win32] Simplify strtok_r implementation
+	 * Use a std::vector<char> instead of a var-length-array of chars
+	 * Fix crashes in broken files
+	 * Use sets instead of arrays for looking for duplicate fonts
+
+	cpp:
+	 * Include correction
+
+	utils:
+	 * pdffonts: Remove duplicated code
+
 Release 0.15.2 (0.16 Beta 2)
 
 	core:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c76a0a5..f028825 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 m4_define([poppler_version_major],[0])
 m4_define([poppler_version_minor],[15])
-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 d8d98a9..e52a9f4 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         = 0.15.2
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.15.3
 
 # 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 e93fb96..ceaca86 100644
--- a/poppler/Makefile.am
+++ b/poppler/Makefile.am
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 	$(PTHREAD_LIBS)				\
 	$(win32_libs)
 
-libpoppler_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 10:0:0 @create_shared_lib@ @auto_import_flags@
+libpoppler_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 11:0:0 @create_shared_lib@ @auto_import_flags@
 
 if ENABLE_XPDF_HEADERS
 
diff --git a/qt4/src/Doxyfile b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
index 961188c..4447880 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         = 0.15.2
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.15.3
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.