diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d8b3c74dd46..55a3b8a932a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## 1.15.0.pre.3 (2017-04-30)
+
+Bugfixes:
+
+  - avoid redundant blank lines in the readme generated by `bundle gem` (@koic)
+  - ensure that `open-uri` is not loaded after `bundle exec` (@segiddins)
+  - print a helpful error message when an activated default gem conflicts with
+    a gem in the gemfile (@segiddins)
+  - only shorten `ref` option for git gems when it is a SHA (#5620, @segiddins)
+
 ## 1.15.0.pre.2 (2017-04-23)
 
 Bugfixes:
diff --git a/lib/bundler/version.rb b/lib/bundler/version.rb
index 68223d9099e..e8a024975d8 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/version.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler/version.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module Bundler
   # We're doing this because we might write tests that deal
   # with other versions of bundler and we are unsure how to
   # handle this better.
-  VERSION = "1.15.0.pre.2" unless defined?(::Bundler::VERSION)
+  VERSION = "1.15.0.pre.3" unless defined?(::Bundler::VERSION)
 
   def self.overwrite_loaded_gem_version
     begin