diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1897775c3..d4a8e29ae 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ project(YAML_CPP)
 
 set(YAML_CPP_VERSION_MAJOR "0")
 set(YAML_CPP_VERSION_MINOR "5")
-set(YAML_CPP_VERSION_PATCH "2")
+set(YAML_CPP_VERSION_PATCH "3")
 set(YAML_CPP_VERSION "${YAML_CPP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${YAML_CPP_VERSION_MINOR}.${YAML_CPP_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
 enable_testing()