diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index e4f2a7884a4..1002b1235e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ env:
   CACHE_VERSION: 2
   UV_CACHE_VERSION: 1
   MYPY_CACHE_VERSION: 1
-  HA_SHORT_VERSION: "2026.2"
+  HA_SHORT_VERSION: "2026.3"
   DEFAULT_PYTHON: "3.13.11"
   ALL_PYTHON_VERSIONS: "['3.13.11', '3.14.2']"
   # 10.3 is the oldest supported version
diff --git a/homeassistant/const.py b/homeassistant/const.py
index f3cfbf1bba3..0ec2866d66a 100644
--- a/homeassistant/const.py
+++ b/homeassistant/const.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 APPLICATION_NAME: Final = "HomeAssistant"
 MAJOR_VERSION: Final = 2026
-MINOR_VERSION: Final = 2
+MINOR_VERSION: Final = 3
 PATCH_VERSION: Final = "0.dev0"
 __short_version__: Final = f"{MAJOR_VERSION}.{MINOR_VERSION}"
 __version__: Final = f"{__short_version__}.{PATCH_VERSION}"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 108921e7bdc..179f648528c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "homeassistant"
-version = "2026.2.0.dev0"
+version = "2026.3.0.dev0"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 license-files = ["LICENSE*", "homeassistant/backports/LICENSE*"]
 description = "Open-source home automation platform running on Python 3."