diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index c9906667de..510f031df5 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 
 # ATTENTION: If you are changing the version, please change the DataPrepperVersion whenever the major or minor version changes.
 # See: https://github.com/opensearch-project/data-prepper/blob/main/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/configuration/DataPrepperVersion.java#L9
-version=2.6.2
+version=2.6.3
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048M