diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0984257c..84699dcb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ncmpcpp 0.7.3 (????-??-??)
+ncmpcpp 0.7.3 (2016-01-20)
 * Home and End keys are now recognized in a few specific terminal emulators.
 
 ncmpcpp-0.7.2 (2016-01-16)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d8bd9c33..83282b5c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_INIT(configure.ac)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.7.3_dev)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.7.3)
 
 m4_include([m4/ax_lib_readline.m4])