diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 723db028..aee97777 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.3.295
+8.3.296
diff --git a/tcltk/tclmagic.c b/tcltk/tclmagic.c
index 87a2bc1b..4d5405da 100644
--- a/tcltk/tclmagic.c
+++ b/tcltk/tclmagic.c
@@ -956,8 +956,8 @@ TxDispatch(f)
 void
 TxParseString(str, q, event)
     char *str;
-    void* q;		/* unused */
-    void* event;	/* always NULL (ignored) */
+    void *q;		/* unused */
+    void *event;	/* always NULL (ignored) */
 {
     char *reply;