diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b86497c..17fd691 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   - a `methodResponse` element without either `fault` or `params`
   - a `methodResponse` element with a `params` child which does not have a single `param`
 
-* improved: test on php 8.3
+* improved: test on PHP 8.3 as part of CI
 
 
 ## XML-RPC for PHP version 4.10.1 - 2023/02/22
diff --git a/doc/manual/phpxmlrpc_manual.adoc b/doc/manual/phpxmlrpc_manual.adoc
index bfead6c..48b8d18 100644
--- a/doc/manual/phpxmlrpc_manual.adoc
+++ b/doc/manual/phpxmlrpc_manual.adoc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 = XML-RPC for PHP User Manual
 Gaetano Giunta; Edd Dumbill
-4.10.2
+4.10.3
 :keywords: xml-rpc, xml, rpc, webservices, http
 :title-page:
 :toc:
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ string.
 
 ==== $xmlrpcVersion
 
-    PhpXmlRpc\PhpXmlRpc::$xmlrpcVersion = "4.10.2"
+    PhpXmlRpc\PhpXmlRpc::$xmlrpcVersion = "4.10.3"
 
 The string representation of the version number of the PHPXMLRPC library in use. It is used by the Client for
 building the User-Agent HTTP header that is sent with every request to the server. You can change its value if you need
diff --git a/src/PhpXmlRpc.php b/src/PhpXmlRpc.php
index 4388889..ada7b65 100644
--- a/src/PhpXmlRpc.php
+++ b/src/PhpXmlRpc.php
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class PhpXmlRpc
     /**
      * @var string
      */
-    public static $xmlrpcVersion = "4.10.2";
+    public static $xmlrpcVersion = "4.10.3";
 
     /**
      * @var int