diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 19479ce17c..36694954c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v18.10.3 (upcoming release):
+
 ## v18.10.2:
 
 DPDK 18.11 is now supported.
diff --git a/include/spdk/version.h b/include/spdk/version.h
index 3b7ecc78cc..388ecbbf06 100644
--- a/include/spdk/version.h
+++ b/include/spdk/version.h
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@
  * Patch level is incremented on maintenance branch releases and reset to 0 for each
  * new major.minor release.
  */
-#define SPDK_VERSION_PATCH	2
+#define SPDK_VERSION_PATCH	3
 
 /**
  * Version string suffix.
  */
-#define SPDK_VERSION_SUFFIX	""
+#define SPDK_VERSION_SUFFIX	"pre"
 
 /**
  * Single numeric value representing a version number for compile-time comparisons.
diff --git a/pkg/spdk.spec b/pkg/spdk.spec
index 7a27736af2..a8b5bb5d8e 100644
--- a/pkg/spdk.spec
+++ b/pkg/spdk.spec
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 %bcond_with doc
 
 Name: spdk
-Version: 18.10.2
+Version: 18.10.x
 Release: 0%{?dist}
 Epoch: 0
 URL: http://spdk.io
 
-Source: https://github.com/spdk/spdk/archive/v18.10.2.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source: https://github.com/spdk/spdk/archive/v18.10.x.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Summary: Set of libraries and utilities for high performance user-mode storage
 
 %define spdk_build_dir %{name}-%{version}