diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9da698da7d..ffd905d636 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) 
 
+## [6.3.0] Preview Release
+### Added
+- Added support for sql_variant datatype [#387](https://github.com/Microsoft/mssql-jdbc/pull/387)
+- Added more Junit tests for AlwaysEncrpyted [#404](https://github.com/Microsoft/mssql-jdbc/pull/404)
+
+### Fixed Issues 
+- Fixed Turkey locale issue when lowercasing an "i" [#384](https://github.com/Microsoft/mssql-jdbc/pull/384)
+- Fixed issue with incorrect parameter count for INSERT with subquery [#373](https://github.com/Microsoft/mssql-jdbc/pull/373)
+- Fixed issue with running DDL in PreparedStatement [#372](https://github.com/Microsoft/mssql-jdbc/pull/372)
+- Fixed issue with parameter metadata with whitespace characters [#371](https://github.com/Microsoft/mssql-jdbc/pull/371)
+- Fixed handling of explicit boxing and unboxing [#84](https://github.com/Microsoft/mssql-jdbc/pull/84)
+- Fixed metadata caching batch query issue [#393](https://github.com/Microsoft/mssql-jdbc/pull/393)
+- Fixed javadoc issue for the newest maven version [#385](https://github.com/Microsoft/mssql-jdbc/pull/385)
+
 ## [6.2.1] Hotfix & Stable Release
 ### Fixed Issues 
 - Fixed queries without parameters using preparedStatement [#372](https://github.com/Microsoft/mssql-jdbc/pull/372)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5983aa18af..bd9d0ced66 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	
 	<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
 	<artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
-	<version>6.2.0</version>
+	<version>6.3.0</version>
 	
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 						<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
 						<version>3.0.2</version>
 						<configuration>
-							<finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jre7</finalName>
+							<finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jre7-preview</finalName>
 							<archive>
 								<manifestFile>${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
 							</archive>
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 						<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
 						<version>3.0.2</version>
 						<configuration>
-							<finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jre8</finalName>
+							<finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jre8-preview</finalName>
 							<archive>
 								<manifestFile>${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
 							</archive>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLJdbcVersion.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLJdbcVersion.java
index f31892ebfe..94d392034c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLJdbcVersion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLJdbcVersion.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 final class SQLJdbcVersion {
     static final int major = 6;
-    static final int minor = 2;
+    static final int minor = 3;
     static final int patch = 0;
     static final int build = 0;
 }