diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d891604..0bfcf96 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+* fuse-overlayfs-0.7.3
+
+- fix build with -fno-common
+- fix possible segmentation fault in direct_fsync()
+- use the data store to create missing whiteouts.
+- after a rename, force a directory reload.
+
 * fuse-overlayfs-0.7.2
 
 - drop special handling for security.capability.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 26de5f9..185bbe4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [0.7.2], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
+AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [0.7.3], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])