diff --git a/.coin-or/projDesc.xml b/.coin-or/projDesc.xml
index 7e1e2075a..73c420563 100644
--- a/.coin-or/projDesc.xml
+++ b/.coin-or/projDesc.xml
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ https://opensource.org/licenses/EPL-2.0
       <!-- needed.                                           -->
 
 <stableVersionNumber>20240000</stableVersionNumber>
-<releaseNumber>20240000.2</releaseNumber>
+<releaseNumber>20240000.3</releaseNumber>
 
       </developmentStatus>
 
diff --git a/bin/new_release.sh b/bin/new_release.sh
index a8657b97b..7df8e2db2 100755
--- a/bin/new_release.sh
+++ b/bin/new_release.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -e -u
 # SPDX-FileContributor: 2003-23 Bradley M. Bell
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 stable_version='20240000' # date at which this stable branch started
-release='2'               # first release for each stable version is 0
+release='3'               # first release for each stable version is 0
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # bash function that echos and executes a command
 echo_eval() {
diff --git a/user_guide.xrst b/user_guide.xrst
index ff09a91f8..66145934d 100644
--- a/user_guide.xrst
+++ b/user_guide.xrst
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ cppad-20240214: CppAD User's Manual
 .. list-table::
    :widths: auto
 
-   * - `release-20240000.2 <https://github.com/coin-or/CppAD/archive/20240000.2.tar.gz>`_
+   * - `release-20240000.3 <https://github.com/coin-or/CppAD/archive/20240000.3.tar.gz>`_
      - `documentation-20240000 <https://cppad.readthedocs.io/stable-20240000>`_
      - `other releases <https://github.com/coin-or/CppAD/tags>`_
      - `github <https://github.com/coin-or/CppAD>`_