diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 2eb2b772..54d767d6 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
 
diff --git a/fbchat/__init__.py b/fbchat/__init__.py
index 74cf3c05..580d825a 100644
--- a/fbchat/__init__.py
+++ b/fbchat/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from ._util import log  # TODO: Remove this (from examples too)
 
 __title__ = "fbchat"
-__version__ = "1.7.2"
+__version__ = "1.7.3"
 __description__ = "Facebook Chat (Messenger) for Python"
 
 __copyright__ = "Copyright 2015 - 2019 by Taehoon Kim"