diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 62e65992998..1a039311a74 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-24.08.02
+24.08.03
diff --git a/java/ci/README.md b/java/ci/README.md
index 447e6d99e37..ca8432f9d1e 100644
--- a/java/ci/README.md
+++ b/java/ci/README.md
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ scl enable gcc-toolset-11 "java/ci/build-in-docker.sh"
 
 ### The output
 
-You can find the cuDF jar in java/target/ like cudf-24.08.2-SNAPSHOT-cuda11.jar.
+You can find the cuDF jar in java/target/ like cudf-24.08.3-SNAPSHOT-cuda11.jar.
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 353935ce730..837bdc2220d 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
     <groupId>ai.rapids</groupId>
     <artifactId>cudf</artifactId>
-    <version>24.08.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>24.08.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>cudfjni</name>
     <description>