diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a11686a4..c946a090 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.3.168
+8.3.169
diff --git a/lef/lefWrite.c b/lef/lefWrite.c
index aa12f0e6..68371be4 100644
--- a/lef/lefWrite.c
+++ b/lef/lefWrite.c
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ lefWriteGeometry(tile, cdata)
     lefClient *lefdata = (lefClient *)cdata;
     FILE *f = lefdata->file;
     float scale = lefdata->oscale;
-    char leffmt[6][10];
+    char leffmt[6][16];
     TileType ttype, otype = TiGetTypeExact(tile);
     LefMapping *lefMagicToLefLayer = lefdata->lefMagicMap;