diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 590cfe13..37ac6353 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ number: 10
 page: "E1743 - E1760"
 doi: "10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0331.1"
 url: "https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/101/10/bamsD190331.xml"
-version: 0.7.1
\ No newline at end of file
+version: 0.7.3
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f3831d0..d416647e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.21)
 
 # must be on the same line so that pyproject.toml can correctly identify the version
-project(musica-distribution VERSION 0.7.1)
+project(musica-distribution VERSION 0.7.3)
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH};${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 set(CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/SetDefaults.cmake)