diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b1fad92c76..3c51ee9a14 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 
-project(PDAL VERSION 2.6.2 LANGUAGES CXX C)
+project(PDAL VERSION 2.6.3 LANGUAGES CXX C)
 string(TOLOWER ${PROJECT_NAME} PROJECT_NAME_LOWER)
 
 set(ROOT_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}")
diff --git a/cmake/libraries.cmake b/cmake/libraries.cmake
index 64a8f0f8d7..07189b4e61 100644
--- a/cmake/libraries.cmake
+++ b/cmake/libraries.cmake
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ set(PDAL_SOLIB_MAJOR 16)
 #
 # Change if there's a new release with no ABI change
 #
-set(PDAL_SOLIB_MINOR 2)
+set(PDAL_SOLIB_MINOR 3)
 #
 # Build number.  Increment for builds within minor versions.  Probably
 # always 0 for PDAL
diff --git a/doc/download.rst b/doc/download.rst
index 9917fd79b0..b49a6010da 100755
--- a/doc/download.rst
+++ b/doc/download.rst
@@ -13,17 +13,18 @@ Download
 Current Release(s)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-* **2023-11-24** `PDAL-2.6.2-src.tar.bz2`_ `Release Notes`_ (`md5`_)
+* **2024-02-05** `PDAL-2.6.3-src.tar.bz2`_ `Release Notes`_ (`md5`_)
 
-.. _`PDAL-2.6.2-src.tar.bz2`: https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/download/2.6.2/PDAL-2.6.2-src.tar.bz2
-.. _`Release Notes`: https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/tag/2.6.2
-.. _`md5`: https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/download/2.6.2/PDAL-2.6.2-src.tar.bz2.md5
+.. _`PDAL-2.6.3-src.tar.bz2`: https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/download/2.6.3/PDAL-2.6.3-src.tar.bz2
+.. _`Release Notes`: https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/tag/2.6.3
+.. _`md5`: https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/download/2.6.3/PDAL-2.6.3-src.tar.bz2.md5
 
 
 
 Past Releases
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+* **2023-12-11** `PDAL-2.6.2-src.tar.bz2`_
 * **2023-11-24** `PDAL-2.6.1-src.tar.bz2`_
 * **2023-10-12** `PDAL-2.6.0-src.tar.bz2`_
 * **2023-08-18** `PDAL-2.5.6-src.tar.bz2`_
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ Past Releases
 * **2019-08-23** `PDAL-2.0.1-src.tar.bz2`_
 * **2019-05-09** `PDAL-1.9.1-src.tar.bz2`_
 
+.. _`PDAL-2.6.2-src.tar.bz2`: https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/download/2.6.2/PDAL-2.6.2-src.tar.bz2
 .. _`PDAL-2.6.1-src.tar.bz2`: https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/download/2.6.1/PDAL-2.6.1-src.tar.bz2
 .. _`PDAL-2.6.0-src.tar.bz2`: https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/download/2.6.0/PDAL-2.6.0-src.tar.bz2
 .. _`PDAL-2.5.6-src.tar.bz2`: https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/releases/download/2.5.6/PDAL-2.5.6-src.tar.bz2
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
index 2b536966a7..bbb56fc604 100755
--- a/doc/index.rst
+++ b/doc/index.rst
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ The entire website is available as a single PDF at http://pdal.io/_/downloads/en
 News
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+**02-05-2024**
+................................................................................
+
+PDAL 2.6.3 was released. Visit :ref:`download` to grab a copy.
+
 **12-11-2023**
 ................................................................................