diff --git a/lib/uri/common.rb b/lib/uri/common.rb
index ca38bec7ec61ee..0c4064a67a1840 100644
--- a/lib/uri/common.rb
+++ b/lib/uri/common.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ module URI
   Parser = RFC2396_Parser
   RFC3986_PARSER = RFC3986_Parser.new
   Ractor.make_shareable(RFC3986_PARSER) if defined?(Ractor)
+  RFC2396_PARSER = RFC2396_Parser.new
+  Ractor.make_shareable(RFC2396_PARSER) if defined?(Ractor)
 
   # URI::Parser.new
   DEFAULT_PARSER = Parser.new
diff --git a/lib/uri/version.rb b/lib/uri/version.rb
index f0aca586acab4f..7da021da6826bf 100644
--- a/lib/uri/version.rb
+++ b/lib/uri/version.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module URI
   # :stopdoc:
-  VERSION_CODE = '001202'.freeze
+  VERSION_CODE = '001203'.freeze
   VERSION = VERSION_CODE.scan(/../).collect{|n| n.to_i}.join('.').freeze
   # :startdoc:
 end