diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index da78463507..3e01eb9e6a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-* V1.7.3dev
+* V1.7.3
   * fixed rare bug when 'return' is non-integer in remote CK access (such as during crowd-tuning and crowd-testing)
   * fixed copying to clipboard on Windows
   * fixed __init__.py when using CK from scripts/ipython/jupyter (calling init())
diff --git a/ck/kernel.py b/ck/kernel.py
index dfb55ce1cf..da8bc89858 100644
--- a/ck/kernel.py
+++ b/ck/kernel.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # CK kernel - we made it monolithic with a minimal set 
 # of common functions for performance reasons
 
-__version__ = "1.7.3dev"
+__version__ = "1.7.3"
 
 # Extra modules global for the whole kernel
 import sys
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d02401e742..97ffa97c33 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 setup(
   name='ck',
-  version='1.7.3dev',
+  version='1.7.3',
   url='https://github.com/ctuning/ck/wiki',
   license='BSD 3-clause',
   author='Grigori Fursin and non-profit cTuning foundation',