diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 21c4be2d..bfe444bc 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.2.2-rc1 50202010
+5.2.3-rc0 50203000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 4ab10fd1..c04b1c5a 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### Updated by tools/release/bump.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=5
 project.versioning.minor=2
-project.versioning.patch=2
-project.versioning.build=1
+project.versioning.patch=3
+project.versioning.build=0
 project.versioning.type=rc
 #############################