diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b3da49fb1..a3ea16ccd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ ES-Hadoop 2.0.x and 2.1.x are compatible with Elasticsearch __1.X__ *only*
 
 ## Installation
 
-### Stable Release (currently `6.8.1`)
+### Stable Release (currently `6.8.2`)
 Available through any Maven-compatible tool:
 
 ```xml
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
   <artifactId>elasticsearch-hadoop</artifactId>
-  <version>6.8.1</version>
+  <version>6.8.2</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 or as a stand-alone [ZIP](http://www.elastic.co/downloads/hadoop).
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Grab the latest nightly build from the [repository](http://oss.sonatype.org/cont
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
   <artifactId>elasticsearch-hadoop</artifactId>
-  <version>6.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>6.8.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/esh-version.properties b/buildSrc/esh-version.properties
index b1cdedcc3..722d8cabf 100644
--- a/buildSrc/esh-version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/esh-version.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-eshadoop        = 6.8.2
-elasticsearch   = 6.8.2-SNAPSHOT
+eshadoop        = 6.8.3
+elasticsearch   = 6.8.3-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/index.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/index.adoc
index 226969156..d95704075 100644
--- a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/index.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/index.adoc
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 :ey:	Elasticsearch on YARN
 :ref:  	http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0
 :description: Reference documentation of {eh}
-:ver:	6.8.1
-:ver-d: 6.8.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
-:es-v:	6.8.1
+:ver:	6.8.2
+:ver-d: 6.8.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
+:es-v:	6.8.2
 :sp-v:	2.2.0
 :st-v:	1.0.1
 :pg-v:	0.15.0