diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 254a4c826e1..c14036dc28c 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.7.2
+current_version = 1.7.3
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/scrapy/VERSION b/scrapy/VERSION
index f8a696c8dc5..661e7aeadf3 100644
--- a/scrapy/VERSION
+++ b/scrapy/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.2
+1.7.3