diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 559790cf..c0267fe0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 # project setup
 project('mu', ['c', 'cpp'],
-        version: '1.14.2',
+        version: '1.14.3-pre1',
         meson_version: '>= 1.3.2',
         license: 'GPL-3.0-or-later',
         default_options : [
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ project('mu', ['c', 'cpp'],
 
 # hard-code the date here (for reproducibility); we derive the dates used in
 # e.g. documentation from this.
-mu_date='2026-06-15'
+mu_date='2026-07-05'
 
 # installation paths
 prefixdir = get_option('prefix')