diff --git a/lib/mongoid/version.rb b/lib/mongoid/version.rb
index c13981cf75..c5c4c3f96f 100644
--- a/lib/mongoid/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mongoid/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 module Mongoid
-  VERSION = "6.2.1"
+  VERSION = "6.3.0"
 end