2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 054265c..9bb1a62 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-v1.7.2
+v1.7.3
 Changed : moved to versioning; package, cli and library have same version number
 Improved: Small decompression speed boost
 Improved: Small compression speed improvement on 64-bits systems
diff --git a/lib/lz4.h b/lib/lz4.h
index c1ea91a..babd78c 100644
--- a/lib/lz4.h
+++ b/lib/lz4.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /*========== Version =========== */
 #define LZ4_VERSION_MAJOR    1    /* for breaking interface changes  */
 #define LZ4_VERSION_MINOR    7    /* for new (non-breaking) interface capabilities */
-#define LZ4_VERSION_RELEASE  2    /* for tweaks, bug-fixes, or development */
+#define LZ4_VERSION_RELEASE  3    /* for tweaks, bug-fixes, or development */
 
 #define LZ4_VERSION_NUMBER (LZ4_VERSION_MAJOR *100*100 + LZ4_VERSION_MINOR *100 + LZ4_VERSION_RELEASE)