diff --git a/version/docs/version.asciidoc b/version/docs/version.asciidoc
index 06cd9240260..9ed54efa780 100644
--- a/version/docs/version.asciidoc
+++ b/version/docs/version.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-:stack-version: 8.16.2
+:stack-version: 8.16.3
 :doc-branch: 8.16
 // FIXME: once elastic.co docs have been switched over to use `main`, remove
 // the `doc-site-branch` line below as well as any references to it in the code.