diff --git a/gems/bundled_gems b/gems/bundled_gems
index ae0a1acc3d7570..aa96ab841c34e7 100644
--- a/gems/bundled_gems
+++ b/gems/bundled_gems
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ minitest        5.20.0  https://github.com/minitest/minitest
 power_assert    2.0.3   https://github.com/ruby/power_assert
 rake            13.1.0  https://github.com/ruby/rake
 test-unit       3.6.1   https://github.com/test-unit/test-unit
-rexml           3.2.6   https://github.com/ruby/rexml
+rexml           3.2.8   https://github.com/ruby/rexml
 rss             0.3.0   https://github.com/ruby/rss
 net-ftp         0.3.4   https://github.com/ruby/net-ftp
 net-imap        0.4.9.1   https://github.com/ruby/net-imap
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index ce8b594110f28c..8f8625fe5951db 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # define RUBY_VERSION_MINOR RUBY_API_VERSION_MINOR
 #define RUBY_VERSION_TEENY 2
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR_STR"-"RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH_STR"-"RUBY_RELEASE_DAY_STR
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 82
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 83
 
 #include "ruby/version.h"
 #include "ruby/internal/abi.h"