diff --git a/hotspot/make/hotspot_version b/hotspot/make/hotspot_version
index 920a9d901a2..ddf2f38ffa9 100644
--- a/hotspot/make/hotspot_version
+++ b/hotspot/make/hotspot_version
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ HOTSPOT_VM_COPYRIGHT=Copyright 2010
 
 HS_MAJOR_VER=18
 HS_MINOR_VER=0
-HS_BUILD_NUMBER=02
+HS_BUILD_NUMBER=03
 
 JDK_MAJOR_VER=1
 JDK_MINOR_VER=7