diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index eeace8021b4c758f87a5aa8923c83c995153a258_TkVXUw==..1b27403b1257ec30ce192e8d0af922c1f428c286_TkVXUw== 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 NEWS file for libxml2
 
+v2.10.3: Oct 14 2022
+
+### Security
+
+- [CVE-2022-40304] Fix dict corruption caused by entity reference cycles
+- [CVE-2022-40303] Fix integer overflows with XML_PARSE_HUGE
+- Fix overflow check in SAX2.c
+
+### Portability
+
+- win32: Fix build with VS2013
+
+### Build system
+
+- cmake: Set SOVERSION
+
+
 v2.10.2: Aug 29 2022
 
 ### Improvements
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index eeace8021b4c758f87a5aa8923c83c995153a258_Y29uZmlndXJlLmFj..1b27403b1257ec30ce192e8d0af922c1f428c286_Y29uZmlndXJlLmFj 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 m4_define([MAJOR_VERSION], 2)
 m4_define([MINOR_VERSION], 10)
-m4_define([MICRO_VERSION], 2)
+m4_define([MICRO_VERSION], 3)
 
 AC_INIT([libxml2],[MAJOR_VERSION.MINOR_VERSION.MICRO_VERSION])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([entities.c])