diff --git a/tomoscan/version.py b/tomoscan/version.py
index e74345ecdbbee58f35d7e82522530fe37af82f27..cba811f42525a4e59d3358642b9a313d6243a2b9 100644
--- a/tomoscan/version.py
+++ b/tomoscan/version.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ RELEASE_LEVEL_VALUE = {
 
 MAJOR = 0
 MINOR = 5
-MICRO = 2
+MICRO = 3
 RELEV = "final"  # <16
 SERIAL = 0  # <16