From d2ee296138efa97dcfa048d3f2d27a31a979631a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Harris <charlesr.harris@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 17:50:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] MAINT: prepare 1.26.x for further development

---
 doc/source/release.rst              |  1 +
 doc/source/release/1.26.3-notes.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 pavement.py                         |  2 +-
 pyproject.toml                      |  2 +-
 pyproject.toml.setuppy              |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 doc/source/release/1.26.3-notes.rst

diff --git a/doc/source/release.rst b/doc/source/release.rst
index 0e0d477ce06b..0af815c16a46 100644
--- a/doc/source/release.rst
+++ b/doc/source/release.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Release notes
 .. toctree::
     :maxdepth: 3
 
+    1.26.3 <release/1.26.3-notes>
     1.26.2 <release/1.26.2-notes>
     1.26.1 <release/1.26.1-notes>
     1.26.0 <release/1.26.0-notes>
diff --git a/doc/source/release/1.26.3-notes.rst b/doc/source/release/1.26.3-notes.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..68fc303779e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/release/1.26.3-notes.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.. currentmodule:: numpy
+
+==========================
+NumPy 1.26.3 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+NumPy 1.26.3 is a maintenance release that fixes bugs and regressions
+discovered after the 1.26.2 release. The 1.26.release series is the last
+planned minor release series before NumPy 2.0. The Python versions supported by
+this release are 3.9-3.12.
+
+
+Contributors
+============
+
+
+Pull requests merged
+====================
+
diff --git a/pavement.py b/pavement.py
index 41b04bc108fc..649e19d1fd1f 100644
--- a/pavement.py
+++ b/pavement.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #-----------------------------------
 
 # Path to the release notes
-RELEASE_NOTES = 'doc/source/release/1.26.2-notes.rst'
+RELEASE_NOTES = 'doc/source/release/1.26.3-notes.rst'
 
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c8dc1a72eeba..9ba86eb13486 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ requires = [
 
 [project]
 name = "numpy"
-version = "1.26.2"
+version = "1.26.3"
 # TODO: add `license-files` once PEP 639 is accepted (see meson-python#88)
 license = {file = "LICENSE.txt"}
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml.setuppy b/pyproject.toml.setuppy
index 02a7d7c57de5..dd97279fa503 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml.setuppy
+++ b/pyproject.toml.setuppy
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # to avoid building with Meson (e.g., in the Emscripten/Pyodide CI job)
 [project]
 name = "numpy"
-version = "1.26.2"
+version = "1.26.3"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = [