diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1024e8f..396b834 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
+0.7.3 (2020-12-02)
+------------------
+
+ - bugfix release
+
 0.7.2 (2020-11-28)
+------------------
 
  - check whether tools like dpkg and apt are installed at startup
  - make it possible to seed /var/cache/apt/archives with deb packages
diff --git a/mmdebstrap b/mmdebstrap
index 86f6313..e29f63b 100755
--- a/mmdebstrap
+++ b/mmdebstrap
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-our $VERSION = '0.7.2';
+our $VERSION = '0.7.3';
 
 use English;
 use Getopt::Long;