diff --git a/IPython/core/release.py b/IPython/core/release.py
index c7326fe..4310868 100644
--- a/IPython/core/release.py
+++ b/IPython/core/release.py
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ name = 'ipython'
 # version
 _version_major = 7
 _version_minor = 16
-_version_patch = 2
+_version_patch = 3
 _version_extra = '.dev'
 # _version_extra = 'b1'
-_version_extra = ''  # Uncomment this for full releases
+# _version_extra = ''  # Uncomment this for full releases
 
 # Construct full version string from these.
 _ver = [_version_major, _version_minor, _version_patch]