diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index f8d2b3b6..4426268b 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = "7.0"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "7.0.2"
+release = "7.0.3"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bf857b4e..ee498324 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pysnmp"
-version = "7.0.2"
+version = "7.0.3"
 description = "A Python library for SNMP"
 authors = ["Ilya Etingof <etingof@gmail.com>", "LeXtudio Inc. <support@lextudio.com>"]
 license = "BSD-2-Clause"
diff --git a/pysnmp/__init__.py b/pysnmp/__init__.py
index d94aa8e3..5b9b57c1 100644
--- a/pysnmp/__init__.py
+++ b/pysnmp/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0396/
-__version__ = "7.0.2"
+__version__ = "7.0.3"
 # another variable is required to prevent semantic release from updating version in more than one place
 main_version = __version__
 # backward compatibility