diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dff95f3f7d5434039743bf7b656df089af8cc874..0483e71c28d5b1f93cb947fdb1f601f4b8593994 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 # For GIT versions, this is x.y.z-git, where x.y.z denotes the software
 # version that was used as a base + changes that were made later, but
 # are not released yet.
-AC_INIT(kea,1.7.2-git, kea-dev@lists.isc.org)
+AC_INIT(kea,1.7.3-git, kea-dev@lists.isc.org)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(README)
 
 # serial-tests is not available in automake version before 1.13, so