From 0fcd56067c3fba3bb2fbb277dee87f112c51742e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 09:26:30 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Bump beta version

---
 src/calibre/constants.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/constants.py b/src/calibre/constants.py
index eb83bfa1d8..9ae7c15ad6 100644
--- a/src/calibre/constants.py
+++ b/src/calibre/constants.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from functools import lru_cache
 from polyglot.builtins import environ_item, hasenv
 
 __appname__   = 'calibre'
-numeric_version = (8, 99, 2)
+numeric_version = (8, 99, 3)
 __version__   = '.'.join(map(str, numeric_version))
 git_version   = None
 __author__    = 'Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'