diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0ad6a06adc0..662bbad01d0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-?? ??? ????, PHP 8.3.0beta3
+17 Aug 2023, PHP 8.3.0beta3
 
 - Core:
   . Fixed strerror_r detection at configuration time. (Kévin Dunglas)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 03f8b95b90c..6ecca679bda 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dnl Basic autoconf initialization, generation of config.nice.
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([PHP],[8.3.0-dev],[https://github.com/php/php-src/issues],[php],[https://www.php.net])
+AC_INIT([PHP],[8.3.0beta3],[https://github.com/php/php-src/issues],[php],[https://www.php.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main/php_version.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build])
 AC_PRESERVE_HELP_ORDER
diff --git a/main/php_version.h b/main/php_version.h
index 4d24349b3e7..342ae53c12d 100644
--- a/main/php_version.h
+++ b/main/php_version.h
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 8
 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 3
 #define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 0
-#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION "8.3.0-dev"
+#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "beta3"
+#define PHP_VERSION "8.3.0beta3"
 #define PHP_VERSION_ID 80300