diff --git a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a0fdb676c449..4699887cb5570 100644
--- a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ project("ggml" C CXX ASM)
 ### GGML Version
 set(GGML_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(GGML_VERSION_MINOR 9)
-set(GGML_VERSION_PATCH 0)
-set(GGML_VERSION_DEV "-dev")  # "-dev" for development, "" for releases
+set(GGML_VERSION_PATCH 3)
 set(GGML_VERSION_BASE "${GGML_VERSION_MAJOR}.${GGML_VERSION_MINOR}.${GGML_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
 find_program(GIT_EXE NAMES git git.exe NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH)
@@ -26,8 +25,8 @@ if(GIT_EXE)
     )
 endif()
 
-# Build the version string with optional -dev suffix and dirty flag
-set(GGML_VERSION "${GGML_VERSION_BASE}${GGML_VERSION_DEV}")
+# Build the version string with optional dirty flag
+set(GGML_VERSION "${GGML_VERSION_BASE}")
 if(GGML_GIT_DIRTY AND NOT GGML_GIT_DIRTY EQUAL 0)
     set(GGML_VERSION "${GGML_VERSION}-dirty")
 endif()
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-blas/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-blas/CMakeLists.txt
index 76064c3fd1fe8..60ce4b1e02c1c 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-blas/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-blas/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ if (BLAS_FOUND)
 
     target_compile_options(ggml-blas PRIVATE ${BLAS_LINKER_FLAGS})
 
-    if (${BLAS_INCLUDE_DIRS} MATCHES "mkl" AND (${GGML_BLAS_VENDOR} MATCHES "Generic" OR ${GGML_BLAS_VENDOR} MATCHES "Intel"))
+    if ("${BLAS_INCLUDE_DIRS}" MATCHES "mkl" AND (${GGML_BLAS_VENDOR} MATCHES "Generic" OR ${GGML_BLAS_VENDOR} MATCHES "Intel"))
         add_compile_definitions(GGML_BLAS_USE_MKL)
     endif()
 
diff --git a/scripts/sync-ggml.last b/scripts/sync-ggml.last
index 733d30cfa24cd..f20d58946639d 100644
--- a/scripts/sync-ggml.last
+++ b/scripts/sync-ggml.last
@@ -1 +1 @@
-978f6e1993f2eeb4e99b63d4e70b4401c0a2dae2
+83a15e113b130337a892fb6575c337754557d56f