diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index a0b45e8..817b5cf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 This document describes notable changes. For details, see the [source code
 repository history](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/commits/main).
 
+## v4.0.0-rc.3 (unreleased work-in-progress)
+
 ## 2025-01-07 v4.0.0-rc.2
 
 ### Breaking changes
diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index 12c3094..861abe5 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ use Sys::Hostname;
 #
 # For consistency and to match user expectations, the release part of the version is always three
 # components: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH.
-use version 0.77; our $VERSION = version->declare('v4.0.0.0_902');
+use version 0.77; our $VERSION = version->declare('v4.0.0.0_903');
 
 sub parse_version {
     my ($v) = @_;