diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 
-project(DaVinci VERSION 65.2
+project(DaVinci VERSION 65.3
         LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 # Enable testing with CTest/CDash
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/v65r3.md b/ReleaseNotes/v65r3.md
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+2025-03-17 DaVinci v65r3
+===
+
+This version uses
+Moore [v56r4](../../../../Moore/-/tags/v56r4),
+Allen [v5r4](../../../../Allen/-/tags/v5r4),
+Rec [v37r4](../../../../Rec/-/tags/v37r4),
+Lbcom [v36r5](../../../../Lbcom/-/tags/v36r5),
+LHCb [v56r5](../../../../LHCb/-/tags/v56r5),
+Gaudi [v39r3](../../../../Gaudi/-/tags/v39r3),
+Detector [v2r5](../../../../Detector/-/tags/v2r5) and
+LCG [105c](http://lcginfo.cern.ch/release/105c/) with ROOT 6.30.08.
+
+This version is released on the `master` branch.
+Built relative to DaVinci [v65r2](/../../tags/v65r2), with the following changes:
+
+### New features ~"new feature"
+
+- Upstream project highlights :star:
+
+
+### Fixes ~"bug fix" ~workaround
+
+- Upstream project highlights :star:
+
+
+### Enhancements ~enhancement
+
+- Upstream project highlights :star:
+
+
+### Code cleanups and changes to tests ~modernisation ~cleanup ~testing
+
+- Update to test_davinci_tupling_DTF_pvs following Moore!4292, !1250 (@msaur)
+- Upstream project highlights :star:
+
+
+### Documentation ~Documentation
+
+### Other
+
+- Update References for: Moore!4292, DaVinci!1250 based on lhcb-master-mr/12798, !1251 (@lhcbsoft)
+- Update References for: Rec!4079, DaVinci!1228 based on lhcb-master-mr/12646, !1247 (@jonrob)
+- Fix `OWNPV_NDOF` and update for Rec!4079, !1228 (@graven)