diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 393ae68fa7..72c5fae125 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ libavutil:     2021-04-27
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2021-08-20 - xxxxxxxxxx - lavfi 8.3.100 - avfilter.H
+  Add avfilter_filter_pad_count() as a replacement for avfilter_pad_count().
+
 2021-08-17 - xxxxxxxxxx - lavu 57.4.101 - opt.h
   av_opt_copy() now guarantees that allocated src and dst options
   don't alias each other even on error.
diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.c b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
index a869a76b71..b5f5616fde 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
@@ -556,6 +556,11 @@ int avfilter_pad_count(const AVFilterPad *pads)
     av_assert0(!"AVFilterPad list not from a filter");
 }
 
+unsigned avfilter_filter_pad_count(const AVFilter *filter, int is_output)
+{
+    return is_output ? filter->nb_outputs : filter->nb_inputs;
+}
+
 static const char *default_filter_name(void *filter_ctx)
 {
     AVFilterContext *ctx = filter_ctx;
diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.h b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
index 5025fafdc5..3a0f0b7926 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.h
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
@@ -325,6 +325,11 @@ typedef struct AVFilter {
     int (*activate)(AVFilterContext *ctx);
 } AVFilter;
 
+/**
+ * Get the number of elements in an AVFilter's inputs or outputs array.
+ */
+unsigned avfilter_filter_pad_count(const AVFilter *filter, int is_output);
+
 /**
  * Process multiple parts of the frame concurrently.
  */
diff --git a/libavfilter/version.h b/libavfilter/version.h
index 67f2a5883c..cb4c19cf05 100644
--- a/libavfilter/version.h
+++ b/libavfilter/version.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/version.h"
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR   8
-#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR   2
+#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR   3
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MICRO 100