diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 03f5416..8772996 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -46,3 +46,4 @@
 /borgmatic-1.6.6.tar.gz
 /borgmatic-1.7.1.tar.gz
 /borgmatic-1.7.2.tar.gz
+/borgmatic-1.7.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/borgmatic.spec b/borgmatic.spec
index 5f00793..c68fb98 100644
--- a/borgmatic.spec
+++ b/borgmatic.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           borgmatic
-Version:        1.7.2
+Version:        1.7.3
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Simple Python wrapper script for borgbackup
 
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ install -Dpm 0644 %{name}-bash-completion %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash-completio
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 12 2022 Felix Kaechele <felix@kaechele.ca> - 1.7.3-1
+- update to 1.7.3
+
 * Fri Sep 09 2022 Felix Kaechele <felix@kaechele.ca> - 1.7.2-1
 - update to 1.7.2
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0b749bf..42a0599 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (borgmatic-1.7.2.tar.gz) = bf71ec679b56ed8643341900fdb9a2680a1760cb1c7a07f02f0ac0644b0e8bb808301e37afb749d9affeff659f033c8ec81ceea310d351d8c7ca83493bc1bb81
+SHA512 (borgmatic-1.7.3.tar.gz) = 27ff0fb643cc18474fb2c7e4f4f35301b654271b0f8995d54519888b7de848fe80b83c507d5a84b19cb065258773efc9ca4e34630b285636b8d35f3d6ed70e91