diff --git a/mwclient/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/mwclient/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index 01f7742a58fc57e86f3c36446d049ac4b17670b6..58d9b7a135caf2963682e26e3e33bdead799e148 100644
--- a/mwclient/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/mwclient/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 RELEASE NOTES FOR MWCLIENT
 
-This is mwclient 0.6.2. The following are the release notes for this version.
+This is mwclient 0.6.3. The following are the release notes for this version.
+
+== Changes in version 0.6.3 ==
+Mwclient 0.6.3 is unreleased.
+* No changes yet.
 
 == Changes in version 0.6.2 ==
 Mwclient was released on 2 May 2009.
diff --git a/mwclient/client.py b/mwclient/client.py
index 0a26fe47fb2d68301dae78658aac8ffdd53bb286..ed8ee4d7facc4ba7839df70e2097ff0d74e2ac53 100644
--- a/mwclient/client.py
+++ b/mwclient/client.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__ver__ = '0.6.2'
+__ver__ = '0.6.3'
 
 import urllib, urlparse
 import time, random