diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fe9f16e..69307d3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@
 /libgit2-1.5.1.tar.gz
 /libgit2-1.5.2.tar.gz
 /libgit2-1.6.2.tar.gz
+/libgit2-1.6.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/libgit2.spec b/libgit2.spec
index 38434e3..f4f36d1 100644
--- a/libgit2.spec
+++ b/libgit2.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           libgit2
-Version:        1.6.2
+Version:        1.6.3
 Release:        %autorelease
 Summary:        C implementation of the Git core methods as a library with a solid API
 License:        GPLv2 with exceptions
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 23b7aa2..1bc2da4 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libgit2-1.6.2.tar.gz) = ef9feef36c5876776f3aa608101115c9e7a0970e6dd752851d930cb85b4b1789ed68f42700ebea51095ff54600e37c18a4de0c0678d9a4d7d4aba83668890c09
+SHA512 (libgit2-1.6.3.tar.gz) = 5a390030395d5e00217ca3229ff1374f064b41c7c14c332618778af7067c378bca5ffee5c072ad144a71126f7e8cfcd770746b6af8eccf086c8a8b8afa1733f1