diff --git a/.github/maven-badge.svg b/.github/maven-badge.svg
index 1b5b89073e5f..8d1f809d1206 100644
--- a/.github/maven-badge.svg
+++ b/.github/maven-badge.svg
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
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-    <text x="500" y="140" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="350">v4.0.2</text>
+    <text x="500" y="150" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="350">v4.0.3</text>
+    <text x="500" y="140" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="350">v4.0.3</text>
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26c64bc86eb7..4ddc509ed046 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,16 +37,16 @@ geospatial analytics.
 
 ## Downloads
 
-**Current release: [4.0.2](https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/releases/tag/geomesa-4.0.2)**
+**Current release: [4.0.3](https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/releases/tag/geomesa-4.0.3)**
 
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-  [**HBase**](https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/releases/download/geomesa-4.0.2/geomesa-hbase_2.12-4.0.2-bin.tar.gz) |
-  [**Accumulo**](https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/releases/download/geomesa-4.0.2/geomesa-accumulo_2.12-4.0.2-bin.tar.gz) |
-  [**Cassandra**](https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/releases/download/geomesa-4.0.2/geomesa-cassandra_2.12-4.0.2-bin.tar.gz) |
-  [**Kafka**](https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/releases/download/geomesa-4.0.2/geomesa-kafka_2.12-4.0.2-bin.tar.gz) |
-  [**Redis**](https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/releases/download/geomesa-4.0.2/geomesa-redis_2.12-4.0.2-bin.tar.gz) |
-  [**FileSystem**](https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/releases/download/geomesa-4.0.2/geomesa-fs_2.12-4.0.2-bin.tar.gz) |
-  [**PostGIS**](https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/releases/download/geomesa-4.0.2/geomesa-gt_2.12-4.0.2-bin.tar.gz)
+  [**HBase**](https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/releases/download/geomesa-4.0.3/geomesa-hbase_2.12-4.0.3-bin.tar.gz) |
+  [**Accumulo**](https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/releases/download/geomesa-4.0.3/geomesa-accumulo_2.12-4.0.3-bin.tar.gz) |
+  [**Cassandra**](https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/releases/download/geomesa-4.0.3/geomesa-cassandra_2.12-4.0.3-bin.tar.gz) |
+  [**Kafka**](https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/releases/download/geomesa-4.0.3/geomesa-kafka_2.12-4.0.3-bin.tar.gz) |
+  [**Redis**](https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/releases/download/geomesa-4.0.3/geomesa-redis_2.12-4.0.3-bin.tar.gz) |
+  [**FileSystem**](https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/releases/download/geomesa-4.0.3/geomesa-fs_2.12-4.0.3-bin.tar.gz) |
+  [**PostGIS**](https://github.com/locationtech/geomesa/releases/download/geomesa-4.0.3/geomesa-gt_2.12-4.0.3-bin.tar.gz)
 
 ### Verifying Downloads
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ $ gpg2 --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys CD24F317
 Then verify the file:
 
 ```bash
-$ gpg2 --verify geomesa-accumulo_2.12-4.0.2-bin.tar.gz.asc geomesa-accumulo_2.12-4.0.2-bin.tar.gz
+$ gpg2 --verify geomesa-accumulo_2.12-4.0.3-bin.tar.gz.asc geomesa-accumulo_2.12-4.0.3-bin.tar.gz
 ```
 
 The keys currently used for signing are:
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ GeoMesa is hosted on Maven Central. To include it as a dependency, add the desir
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.locationtech.geomesa</groupId>
   <artifactId>geomesa-hbase-datastore_2.12</artifactId>
-  <version>4.0.2</version>
+  <version>4.0.3</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ DataStore implementations:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.locationtech.geomesa</groupId>
   <artifactId>geomesa-gt-spark-runtime_2.12</artifactId>
-  <version>4.0.2</version>
+  <version>4.0.3</version>
   <exclusions>
     <exclusion>
       <!-- if groupId wildcards are not supported, the two main ones are jline:* and org.geotools:* -->
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ resolvers ++= Seq(
 
 // Select desired modules
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-  "org.locationtech.geomesa" %% "geomesa-utils" % "4.0.2"
+  "org.locationtech.geomesa" %% "geomesa-utils" % "4.0.3"
 )
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e7051187b73..a1fc808d182e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
         <!-- *** documentation *** -->
 
         <!-- bump version right before performing releases for the README and the documentation -->
-        <geomesa.release.version>4.0.2</geomesa.release.version>
+        <geomesa.release.version>4.0.3</geomesa.release.version>
         <geomesa.devel.version>4.1.0-SNAPSHOT</geomesa.devel.version>
         <copyright.year>2023</copyright.year>