diff --git a/php_redis.h b/php_redis.h
index 8f535cb..8347264 100644
--- a/php_redis.h
+++ b/php_redis.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define PHP_REDIS_H
 
 /* phpredis version */
-#define PHP_REDIS_VERSION "6.2.0"
+#define PHP_REDIS_VERSION "6.3.0RC1"
 
 /* For convenience we store the salt as a printable hex string which requires 2
  * characters per byte + 1 for the NULL terminator */