diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a92714c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Git v1.7.8.3 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.7.8.2
+--------------------
+
+ * Attempt to fetch from an empty file pretending it to be a bundle did
+   not error out correctly.
+
+ * gitweb did not correctly fall back to configured $fallback_encoding
+   that is not 'latin1'.
+
+ * "git clone --depth $n" did not catch a non-number given as $n as an
+   error.
+
+Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index da7d487..8a77fa4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -44,9 +44,12 @@
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.7.8/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.8]
+* link:v1.7.8.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.8.3]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.7.8.3.txt[1.7.8.3],
+  link:RelNotes/1.7.8.2.txt[1.7.8.2],
+  link:RelNotes/1.7.8.1.txt[1.7.8.1],
   link:RelNotes/1.7.8.txt[1.7.8].
 
 * link:v1.7.7.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.7.5]
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 36ae50b..3d2a089 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.8.2
+DEF_VER=v1.7.8.3
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index d30cd7e..70bbc74 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.2.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.8.3.txt
\ No newline at end of file