diff --git a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/Version.java b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/Version.java
index a68d18d..4489d22 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/Version.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/Version.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   // This field is accessed from release scripts using simple pattern matching.
   // Therefore, changing this field could break our release scripts.
-  public static final String LABEL = "1.6.62";
+  public static final String LABEL = "1.6.63";
 
   private Version() {
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/naming/IdentifierMinifier.java b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/naming/IdentifierMinifier.java
index 2a03bee..4b6bbab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/naming/IdentifierMinifier.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/naming/IdentifierMinifier.java
@@ -146,7 +146,13 @@
           || (encodedMethod.getCode().isCfCode()
               && encodedMethod.getCode().asCfCode().instructions.stream()
                   .noneMatch(CfInstruction::isDexItemBasedConstString));
-      return;
+      // This return statement is commented out on the 1.6 branch. The change merged to fix
+      // b/147718617 (version 1.6.62) revealed that there could be other places where the
+      // identifier name string marker is not propagated. Due to changes to desugaring on the 2.1
+      // version line coverage of the propagation of this flag is unknown. Conservatively looking
+      // at all code for identifier name string instructions is safer.
+      //
+      // return;
     }
     Code code = encodedMethod.getCode();
     assert code != null;