diff --git a/msgconnector/Makefile b/msgconnector/Makefile
index 0121336ddec1e857f5546b52807340060eac6688..d726bef560f9bc5b81342b5c8a54f497f0b2f48c 100644
--- a/msgconnector/Makefile
+++ b/msgconnector/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 DISTNAME=		msgconnector-${VERSION}
-VERSION=		2.8.2
+VERSION=		2.8.3
 PKGREVISION=    	
 CATEGORIES=		planning
 MASTER_SITES=		${MASTER_SITE_OPENROBOTS:=msgconnector/}
diff --git a/msgconnector/depend.mk b/msgconnector/depend.mk
index 48918547f7a47fc81cd2b928915e2c2bc09f73a2..80f1d7503e74a1e32ee85a503d5c8562c568ba65 100644
--- a/msgconnector/depend.mk
+++ b/msgconnector/depend.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PREFER.msgconnector?=	robotpkg
 
 DEPEND_USE+=		msgconnector
 
-DEPEND_ABI.msgconnector?=	msgconnector>=2.8.2
+DEPEND_ABI.msgconnector?=	msgconnector>=2.8.3
 DEPEND_DIR.msgconnector?=	../../wip/msgconnector
 
 SYSTEM_SEARCH.msgconnector=\
diff --git a/msgconnector/distinfo b/msgconnector/distinfo
index 115c05d3d5953e292b353f7d52914f8a7a695314..c2be9d0c51e683a99ad4fd6cdbaceca888721d86 100644
--- a/msgconnector/distinfo
+++ b/msgconnector/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SHA1 (msgconnector-2.8.2.tar.gz) = cdb41092fd07084d2d26c56c768fe31992ccc64d
-RMD160 (msgconnector-2.8.2.tar.gz) = a55d872f1355fb8d9d2a4ea0df84fd6fb2684e82
-Size (msgconnector-2.8.2.tar.gz) = 21441 bytes
+SHA1 (msgconnector-2.8.3.tar.gz) = 18467734385e3381302fc17e2d5d867065c95e40
+RMD160 (msgconnector-2.8.3.tar.gz) = 6bc8bd8f85efc70146b578ed1bde3bcfbb0af2b3
+Size (msgconnector-2.8.3.tar.gz) = 21514 bytes