diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b4c4745dd..ee3c6f427 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ define([VERSION_MAJOR], [1])
 define([VERSION_MINOR], [6])
 define([VERSION_FIX], [3])
 define([VERSION_NUMBER], VERSION_MAJOR[.]VERSION_MINOR[.]VERSION_FIX)
-define([VERSION_RELEASE], [0])
+define([VERSION_RELEASE], [1])
 
 AC_INIT([ovirt-web-ui], VERSION_NUMBER, [gshereme@redhat.com])
 PACKAGE_RPM_VERSION="VERSION_NUMBER"
diff --git a/ovirt-web-ui.spec.in b/ovirt-web-ui.spec.in
index 762e82266..9093422c4 100644
--- a/ovirt-web-ui.spec.in
+++ b/ovirt-web-ui.spec.in
@@ -48,6 +48,22 @@ make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
 %{_sysconfdir}/ovirt-web-ui/branding/00-ovirt.brand
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 6 2020 Sharon Gratch <sgratchk@redhat.com> - 1.6.3-1
+ - create VM Wizard - fixed a bug so that nics and disks data resetting happens only when it is supposed to
+ - create VM Wizard - enable resetting of basic settings to baseline defaults when changing the provision source
+ - create VM Wizard - add a tooltip to the "T" badge for Templates disks and nics
+ - create VM Wizard - the Storage Domain menu field width, displayed on a new disk row, is fixed to be aligned
+ - the VM's filter is fixed to return only Pools entities that answer the query result
+ - enable the Shutdown button for a suspended VM
+ - fix a bug of displaying an error in UPDATE_VMS reducer in scheduled refresh done after a manual refresh
+ - fix a bug for enable maximizing of the Notifications drawer
+ - enable setting disk's of exisiting VMs as "Bootable"
+ - change VM/Pool fetch page size and optimize refresh scheduling for improving the loading performance
+ - increase parallel calls during login data fetch for improving the login loading performance
+ - update Dockerfile with yarn network timeout mitigations
+ - refactor Makefile to prevent unexpected symlinks
+ - translations update
+
 * Tue May 12 2020 Sharon Gratch <sgratchk@redhat.com> - 1.6.2-1
  - fix a bug in which VM Portal fails to initialize if the environment contains an Export storage domain
  - fix a bug in which opening a VM console of type SPICE or VNC is always failing