diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 599c648..21b7493 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 /MCE-1.606.tar.gz
 /MCE-1.608.tar.gz
 /MCE-1.702.tar.gz
+/MCE-1.703.tar.gz
diff --git a/perl-MCE.spec b/perl-MCE.spec
index 5af7304..3a4d87c 100644
--- a/perl-MCE.spec
+++ b/perl-MCE.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           perl-MCE
-Version:        1.702
+Version:        1.703
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Many-core Engine for Perl providing parallel processing capabilities
 License:        GPL+ or Artistic
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ make test
 %{_bindir}/mce_grep
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Mar 20 2016 Paul Howarth <paul@city-fan.org> - 1.703-1
+- Update to 1.703
+  - Completed IPC optimizations for 1.7
+
 * Wed Mar 16 2016 Paul Howarth <paul@city-fan.org> - 1.702-1
 - Update to 1.702
 - Use a patch to fix unversioned provides of perl(MCE)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b38a9e0..ae28abf 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0e4cd943aa9ef47dfc6b39cc8dc6f19d  MCE-1.702.tar.gz
+95810c95efee5719aec3fd1fcae8fadc  MCE-1.703.tar.gz