diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7a9f89d8..39c5d6a6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.0.2
\ No newline at end of file
+6.0.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index e38ca969..637482c9 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # PHPMailer Change Log
 
+## Version 6.0.3 (January 5th 2018)
 * Correct DKIM canonicalization of line breaks for header & body - thanks to @themichaelhall
+* Make dependence on ext-filter explicit in composer.json
 
 ## Version 6.0.2 (November 29th 2017)
 * Don't make max line length depend on line break format
diff --git a/src/PHPMailer.php b/src/PHPMailer.php
index 2c7a3dcc..dbfc479b 100644
--- a/src/PHPMailer.php
+++ b/src/PHPMailer.php
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ class PHPMailer
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    const VERSION = '6.0.2';
+    const VERSION = '6.0.3';
 
     /**
      * Error severity: message only, continue processing.
diff --git a/src/POP3.php b/src/POP3.php
index e36393df..47aa3949 100644
--- a/src/POP3.php
+++ b/src/POP3.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class POP3
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    const VERSION = '6.0.2';
+    const VERSION = '6.0.3';
 
     /**
      * Default POP3 port number.
diff --git a/src/SMTP.php b/src/SMTP.php
index fe199290..27b752ec 100644
--- a/src/SMTP.php
+++ b/src/SMTP.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class SMTP
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    const VERSION = '6.0.2';
+    const VERSION = '6.0.3';
 
     /**
      * SMTP line break constant.