8.3.0
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9154938..386a106 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 8.3.0
+Saturday, November 11, 2023
+====================================
+- Improve memory barrier to fix potential segfaults.
+- Various build fixes.
+- Various subsetting and instancing fixes.
+- Rename “hb-subset” option “--instance” to “--variations” to match the other
+  tools. Old option is kept as an alias.
+
+- New API:
+HB_AAT_LAYOUT_FEATURE_TYPE_CURSIVE_CONNECTION
+
+- Deprecated API:
+HB_AAT_LAYOUT_FEATURE_TYPE_CURISVE_CONNECTION
+
 Overview of changes leading to 8.2.2
 Wednesday, October 18, 2023
 “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fbcd257..0d5b3d9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [8.2.2],
+        [8.3.0],
         [https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 05ab1ab..e8723b9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('harfbuzz', 'c', 'cpp',
   meson_version: '>= 0.55.0',
-  version: '8.2.2',
+  version: '8.3.0',
   default_options: [
     'cpp_eh=none',          # Just to support msvc, we are passing -fno-exceptions also anyway
     # 'cpp_rtti=false',     # Do NOT enable, wraps inherit it and ICU needs RTTI
diff --git a/src/hb-deprecated.h b/src/hb-deprecated.h
index 39dc76f..ad19f9a 100644
--- a/src/hb-deprecated.h
+++ b/src/hb-deprecated.h
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
  *
  * Use #HB_AAT_LAYOUT_FEATURE_TYPE_CURSIVE_CONNECTION instead.
  *
- * XDeprecated: REPLACEME
+ * Deprecated: 8.3.0
  */
 #define HB_AAT_LAYOUT_FEATURE_TYPE_CURISVE_CONNECTION HB_AAT_LAYOUT_FEATURE_TYPE_CURSIVE_CONNECTION
 
diff --git a/src/hb-version.h b/src/hb-version.h
index cd7257e..b08dd1f 100644
--- a/src/hb-version.h
+++ b/src/hb-version.h
@@ -47,20 +47,20 @@
  *
  * The minor component of the library version available at compile-time.
  */
-#define HB_VERSION_MINOR 2
+#define HB_VERSION_MINOR 3
 /**
  * HB_VERSION_MICRO:
  *
  * The micro component of the library version available at compile-time.
  */
-#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 2
+#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 0
 
 /**
  * HB_VERSION_STRING:
  *
  * A string literal containing the library version available at compile-time.
  */
-#define HB_VERSION_STRING "8.2.2"
+#define HB_VERSION_STRING "8.3.0"
 
 /**
  * HB_VERSION_ATLEAST: