diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b04ebaa0f0..e019df21fb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,38 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 8.3.0rc3 /2024-11-05
+
+## What's Changed
+* Further improvements in Commit-reveal V2, new subprocess, and related utilities by @opendansor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2355
+* remove unused prometheus extrinsic by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2378
+* Replace rich.console to btlogging.loggin by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2377
+* SDK (AsyncSubtensor) Part 1 by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2374
+* SDK (AsyncSubtensor) Part 2 by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2380
+* Handle SSL Error on Connection by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2384
+* Avoid using `prompt` in SDK by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2382
+* Backmerge/8.2.0 by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2389
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v8.3.0rc2...v8.3.0rc3
+
+## 8.3.0rc2 /2024-11-04
+
+## What's Changed
+* Tweaks in Commit-reveal V2, new subprocess, and related utilities by @opendansor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2355
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v8.3.0rc1...v8.3.0rc2
+
+## 8.3.0rc1 /2024-11-01
+
+## What's Changed
+* Expands the type registry to include all the available options by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2353
+* add `Subtensor.register`, `Subtensor.difficulty` and related staff with tests by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2352
+* added to Subtensor: `burned_register`, `get_subnet_burn_cost`, `recycle` and related extrinsics by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2359
+* Poem "Risen from the Past". Act 3. by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2363
+* default port from 9946 to 9944 by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2376
+* Commit-reveal V2, new subprocess, and related utilities by @opendansor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2355
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v8.2.0...v8.3.0rc1
+
 ## 8.2.0 /2024-10-10
 
 ## What's Changed
diff --git a/bittensor/core/settings.py b/bittensor/core/settings.py
index 98d47104ae..ec372ba061 100644
--- a/bittensor/core/settings.py
+++ b/bittensor/core/settings.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-__version__ = "8.2.0"
+__version__ = "8.3.0rc3"
 
 import os
 import re
@@ -306,9 +306,7 @@
 
 
 # Parsing version without any literals.
-__version__ = re.match(r"^\d+\.\d+\.\d+", __version__).group(0)
-
-version_split = __version__.split(".")
+version_split = re.match(r"^\d+\.\d+\.\d+", __version__).group(0).split(".")
 _version_info = tuple(int(part) for part in version_split)
 _version_int_base = 1000
 assert max(_version_info) < _version_int_base