diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d02597db6..8274c664b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ endif(NOT WIN32 OR CYGWIN OR MINGW)
 # SET UP LINKS
 if(PNG_SHARED)
   set_target_properties(${PNG_LIB_NAME} PROPERTIES
-#   VERSION 16.${PNGLIB_RELEASE}.1.6.10rc02
+#   VERSION 16.${PNGLIB_RELEASE}.1.6.10rc03
     VERSION 16.${PNGLIB_RELEASE}.0
     SOVERSION 16
     CLEAN_DIRECT_OUTPUT 1)
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 8239042f9..a9dfbe6a1 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ this sentence.
 
 This code is released under the libpng license.
 
-libpng versions 1.2.6, August 15, 2004, through 1.6.10rc02, February 27, 2014, are
+libpng versions 1.2.6, August 15, 2004, through 1.6.10rc03, March 4, 2014, are
 Copyright (c) 2004, 2006-2014 Glenn Randers-Pehrson, and are
 distributed according to the same disclaimer and license as libpng-1.2.5
 with the following individual added to the list of Contributing Authors
@@ -108,4 +108,4 @@ certification mark of the Open Source Initiative.
 
 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
 glennrp at users.sourceforge.net
-February 27, 2014
+March 4, 2014
diff --git a/README b/README
index ddea88245..96b68126f 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-README for libpng version 1.6.10rc02 - February 27, 2014 (shared library 16.0)
+README for libpng version 1.6.10rc03 - March 4, 2014 (shared library 16.0)
 See the note about version numbers near the top of png.h
 
 See INSTALL for instructions on how to install libpng.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b785e7e29..511970ee5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.68])
 
 dnl Version number stuff here:
 
-AC_INIT([libpng],[1.6.10rc02],[png-mng-implement@lists.sourceforge.net])
+AC_INIT([libpng],[1.6.10rc03],[png-mng-implement@lists.sourceforge.net])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([scripts])
 
 # libpng does not follow GNU file name conventions (hence 'foreign')
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dnl automake, so the following is not necessary (and is not defined anyway):
 dnl AM_PREREQ([1.11.2])
 dnl stop configure from automagically running automake
 
-PNGLIB_VERSION=1.6.10rc02
+PNGLIB_VERSION=1.6.10rc03
 PNGLIB_MAJOR=1
 PNGLIB_MINOR=6
 PNGLIB_RELEASE=10
diff --git a/libpngpf.3 b/libpngpf.3
index 89f33b821..834af4205 100644
--- a/libpngpf.3
+++ b/libpngpf.3
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.TH LIBPNGPF 3 "February 27, 2014"
+.TH LIBPNGPF 3 "March 4, 2014"
 .SH NAME
-libpng \- Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Reference Library 1.6.10rc02
+libpng \- Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Reference Library 1.6.10rc03
 (private functions)
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include \fI"pngpriv.h"
diff --git a/png.5 b/png.5
index e5a762eaf..a066ac95f 100644
--- a/png.5
+++ b/png.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PNG 5 "February 27, 2014"
+.TH PNG 5 "March 4, 2014"
 .SH NAME
 png \- Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format
 .SH DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/png.c b/png.c
index 4b243e93d..e39015a31 100644
--- a/png.c
+++ b/png.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "pngpriv.h"
 
 /* Generate a compiler error if there is an old png.h in the search path. */
-typedef png_libpng_version_1_6_10rc02 Your_png_h_is_not_version_1_6_10rc02;
+typedef png_libpng_version_1_6_10rc03 Your_png_h_is_not_version_1_6_10rc03;
 
 /* Tells libpng that we have already handled the first "num_bytes" bytes
  * of the PNG file signature.  If the PNG data is embedded into another
@@ -773,13 +773,13 @@ png_get_copyright(png_const_structrp png_ptr)
 #else
 #  ifdef __STDC__
    return PNG_STRING_NEWLINE \
-     "libpng version 1.6.10rc02 - February 27, 2014" PNG_STRING_NEWLINE \
+     "libpng version 1.6.10rc03 - March 4, 2014" PNG_STRING_NEWLINE \
      "Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Glenn Randers-Pehrson" PNG_STRING_NEWLINE \
      "Copyright (c) 1996-1997 Andreas Dilger" PNG_STRING_NEWLINE \
      "Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Guy Eric Schalnat, Group 42, Inc." \
      PNG_STRING_NEWLINE;
 #  else
-      return "libpng version 1.6.10rc02 - February 27, 2014\
+      return "libpng version 1.6.10rc03 - March 4, 2014\
       Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Glenn Randers-Pehrson\
       Copyright (c) 1996-1997 Andreas Dilger\
       Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Guy Eric Schalnat, Group 42, Inc.";
diff --git a/pngconf.h b/pngconf.h
index a745bb9cf..153fb4b61 100644
--- a/pngconf.h
+++ b/pngconf.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 /* pngconf.h - machine configurable file for libpng
  *
- * libpng version 1.6.10rc02 - February 27, 2014
+ * libpng version 1.6.10rc03 - March 4, 2014
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
  * (Version 0.96 Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 Andreas Dilger)
diff --git a/pngtest.c b/pngtest.c
index 850ec2642..dfde752e3 100644
--- a/pngtest.c
+++ b/pngtest.c
@@ -1991,4 +1991,4 @@ main(void)
 #endif
 
 /* Generate a compiler error if there is an old png.h in the search path. */
-typedef png_libpng_version_1_6_10rc02 Your_png_h_is_not_version_1_6_10rc02;
+typedef png_libpng_version_1_6_10rc03 Your_png_h_is_not_version_1_6_10rc03;
diff --git a/projects/vstudio/readme.txt b/projects/vstudio/readme.txt
index 9a623e28a..439d676b7 100644
--- a/projects/vstudio/readme.txt
+++ b/projects/vstudio/readme.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 VisualStudio instructions
 
-libpng version 1.6.10rc02 - February 27, 2014
+libpng version 1.6.10rc03 - March 4, 2014
 
 Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
 
diff --git a/projects/vstudio/zlib.props b/projects/vstudio/zlib.props
index a5090020d..436d3f33e 100644
--- a/projects/vstudio/zlib.props
+++ b/projects/vstudio/zlib.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!--
  * zlib.props - location of zlib source
  *
- * libpng version 1.6.10rc02 - February 27, 2014
+ * libpng version 1.6.10rc03 - March 4, 2014
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
  *
diff --git a/scripts/README.txt b/scripts/README.txt
index 15266e1ad..55cf5e09a 100644
--- a/scripts/README.txt
+++ b/scripts/README.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 
-Makefiles for  libpng version 1.6.10rc02 - February 27, 2014
+Makefiles for  libpng version 1.6.10rc03 - March 4, 2014
 
 pnglibconf.h.prebuilt       =>  Stores configuration settings
  makefile.linux    =>  Linux/ELF makefile
-                       (gcc, creates libpng16.so.16.1.6.10rc02)
+                       (gcc, creates libpng16.so.16.1.6.10rc03)
  makefile.gcc      =>  Generic makefile (gcc, creates static libpng.a)
  makefile.knr      =>  Archaic UNIX Makefile that converts files with
                        ansi2knr (Requires ansi2knr.c from
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pnglibconf.h.prebuilt       =>  Stores configuration settings
  makefile.dec      =>  DEC Alpha UNIX makefile
  makefile.dj2      =>  DJGPP 2 makefile
  makefile.elf      =>  Linux/ELF makefile symbol versioning,
-                       (gcc, creates libpng16.so.16.1.6.10rc02)
+                       (gcc, creates libpng16.so.16.1.6.10rc03)
  makefile.freebsd  =>  FreeBSD makefile
  makefile.gcc      =>  Generic gcc makefile
  makefile.hpgcc    =>  HPUX makefile using gcc
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ pnglibconf.h.prebuilt       =>  Stores configuration settings
  makefile.os2      =>  OS/2 Makefile (gcc and emx, requires libpng.def)
  makefile.sco      =>  For SCO OSr5  ELF and Unixware 7 with Native cc
  makefile.sggcc    =>  Silicon Graphics (gcc,
-                       creates libpng16.so.16.1.6.10rc02)
+                       creates libpng16.so.16.1.6.10rc03)
  makefile.sgi      =>  Silicon Graphics IRIX makefile (cc, creates static lib)
  makefile.solaris  =>  Solaris 2.X makefile (gcc,
-                       creates libpng16.so.16.1.6.10rc02)
+                       creates libpng16.so.16.1.6.10rc03)
  makefile.so9      =>  Solaris 9 makefile (gcc,
-                       creates libpng16.so.16.1.6.10rc02)
+                       creates libpng16.so.16.1.6.10rc03)
  makefile.std      =>  Generic UNIX makefile (cc, creates static libpng.a)
  makefile.sunos    =>  Sun makefile
  makefile.32sunu   =>  Sun Ultra 32-bit makefile
diff --git a/scripts/def.dfn b/scripts/def.dfn
index 6d3439463..33fe4dc8d 100644
--- a/scripts/def.dfn
+++ b/scripts/def.dfn
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ PNG_DFN "OS2 DESCRIPTION "PNG image compression library""
 PNG_DFN "OS2 CODE PRELOAD MOVEABLE DISCARDABLE"
 PNG_DFN ""
 PNG_DFN "EXPORTS"
-PNG_DFN ";Version 1.6.10rc02"
+PNG_DFN ";Version 1.6.10rc03"
 
 #define PNG_EXPORTA(ordinal, type, name, args, attributes)\
         PNG_DFN "@" SYMBOL_PREFIX "@@" name "@"
diff --git a/scripts/dfn.awk b/scripts/dfn.awk
index 89b92d5d9..afa498cb5 100644
--- a/scripts/dfn.awk
+++ b/scripts/dfn.awk
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/awk -f
 # scripts/dfn.awk - process a .dfn file
 #
-# last changed in libpng version 1.5.14 - February 4, 2013
+# last changed in libpng version 1.5.19 - $RDATE%
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013-2013 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
 #
 # This code is released under the libpng license.
 # For conditions of distribution and use, see the disclaimer
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ BEGIN{
 # The output file must be specified before any input:
 NR==1 && out == "/dev/null" {
    print "out=output.file must be given on the command line"
-   # but continue without setting the error code, this allows the
+   # but continue without setting the error code; this allows the
    # script to be checked easily
 }
 
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ $1 ~ /^PNG_DFN_END_SORT/{
 }
 
 /^[^"]*PNG_DFN *".*"[^"]*$/{
-   # A definition line, apparently correctly formated, extract the
+   # A definition line, apparently correctly formatted; extract the
    # definition then replace any doubled "" that remain with a single
    # double quote.  Notice that the original doubled double quotes
    # may have been split by tokenization
    #
-   # Sometimes GCC splits the PNG_DFN lines, we know this has happened
+   # Sometimes GCC splits the PNG_DFN lines; we know this has happened
    # if the quotes aren't closed and must read another line.  In this
-   # case it is essential to reject lines that start '#' because those
+   # case it is essential to reject lines that start with '#' because those
    # are introduced #line directives.
    orig=$0
    line=$0
@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ $1 ~ /^PNG_DFN_END_SORT/{
          else while (1) {
             if (getline nextline) {
                # If the line starts with '#' it is a preprocesor line directive
-               # from cc -E, skip it:
+               # from cc -E; skip it:
                if (nextline !~ /^#/) {
                   line = line " " nextline
                   break
                }
             } else {
-               # This is end-of-input - probably a missig "@ on the first line:
+               # This is end-of-input - probably a missing "@ on the first line:
                print "line", lineno ": unbalanced @\" ... \"@ pair"
                err=1
                next
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ $1 ~ /^PNG_DFN_END_SORT/{
       }
 
       # Attempt to remove a trailing " (not preceded by '@') - if this can
-      # be done stop now, if not assume a split line again
+      # be done, stop now; if not assume a split line again
       if (sub(/"[^"]*$/, "", line))
          break
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ $1 ~ /^PNG_DFN_END_SORT/{
 }
 
 /PNG_DFN/{
-   print "line", NR, "incorrectly formated PNG_DFN line:"
+   print "line", NR, "incorrectly formatted PNG_DFN line:"
    print $0
    err = 1
 }
diff --git a/scripts/libpng-config-head.in b/scripts/libpng-config-head.in
index c90c03326..995671126 100755
--- a/scripts/libpng-config-head.in
+++ b/scripts/libpng-config-head.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 # Modeled after libxml-config.
 
-version=1.6.10rc02
+version=1.6.10rc03
 prefix=""
 libdir=""
 libs=""
diff --git a/scripts/libpng.pc.in b/scripts/libpng.pc.in
index 137e3e445..213e8313e 100644
--- a/scripts/libpng.pc.in
+++ b/scripts/libpng.pc.in
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ includedir=@includedir@/libpng16
 
 Name: libpng
 Description: Loads and saves PNG files
-Version: 1.6.10rc02
+Version: 1.6.10rc03
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lpng16
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/scripts/makefile.ne12bsd b/scripts/makefile.ne12bsd
index 0c35a036e..90daa621c 100644
--- a/scripts/makefile.ne12bsd
+++ b/scripts/makefile.ne12bsd
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ INCSDIR=${LOCALBASE}/include/libpng16
 
 LIB=	png16
 SHLIB_MAJOR=	0
-SHLIB_MINOR=	1.6.10rc02
+SHLIB_MINOR=	1.6.10rc03
 SRCS=	png.c pngset.c pngget.c pngrutil.c pngtrans.c pngwutil.c \
 	pngread.c pngrio.c pngwio.c pngwrite.c pngrtran.c \
 	pngwtran.c pngmem.c pngerror.c pngpread.c
diff --git a/scripts/makefile.netbsd b/scripts/makefile.netbsd
index b58bc870a..a0e3a0534 100644
--- a/scripts/makefile.netbsd
+++ b/scripts/makefile.netbsd
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ INCSDIR=${LOCALBASE}/include
 
 LIB=	png
 SHLIB_MAJOR=	16
-SHLIB_MINOR=	1.6.10rc02
+SHLIB_MINOR=	1.6.10rc03
 SRCS=	png.c pngset.c pngget.c pngrutil.c pngtrans.c pngwutil.c \
 	pngread.c pngrio.c pngwio.c pngwrite.c pngrtran.c \
 	pngwtran.c pngmem.c pngerror.c pngpread.c
diff --git a/scripts/makefile.openbsd b/scripts/makefile.openbsd
index 3efc7d54d..fba59aacf 100644
--- a/scripts/makefile.openbsd
+++ b/scripts/makefile.openbsd
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LIBDIR=	${PREFIX}/lib
 MANDIR= ${PREFIX}/man/cat
 
 SHLIB_MAJOR=	16
-SHLIB_MINOR=	1.6.10rc02
+SHLIB_MINOR=	1.6.10rc03
 
 LIB=	png
 SRCS=	png.c pngerror.c pngget.c pngmem.c pngpread.c \
diff --git a/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt b/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
index 9e82a0d45..3b80bcc81 100644
--- a/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
+++ b/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-/* libpng 1.6.10rc02 STANDARD API DEFINITION */
+/* libpng 1.6.10rc03 STANDARD API DEFINITION */
 
 /* pnglibconf.h - library build configuration */
 
-/* Libpng version 1.6.10rc02 - February 27, 2014 */
+/* Libpng version 1.6.10rc03 - March 4, 2014 */
 
 /* Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Glenn Randers-Pehrson */
 
diff --git a/scripts/symbols.def b/scripts/symbols.def
index 2166ade32..665b1fd78 100644
--- a/scripts/symbols.def
+++ b/scripts/symbols.def
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-;Version 1.6.10rc02
+;Version 1.6.10rc03
 ;--------------------------------------------------------------
 ; LIBPNG symbol list as a Win32 DEF file
 ; Contains all the symbols that can be exported from libpng