diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index b4130a6313f947d4cd99fca2ff5e37066f72ec52..effe8986ac8fe80ddb583f767e1d2d98de6eecf4 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ History
 .. to_doc
 
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-0.7.3.dev0
+0.7.3 (2016-10-31)
 ---------------------
 
 * Fix  "AttributeError" when submitting a job as a real user.
diff --git a/pulsar/__init__.py b/pulsar/__init__.py
index 5f66d006616f7e36a2342f27dd4cdf468bb8867c..3212a54b1d1566b24a363170be7afa393d6d554a 100644
--- a/pulsar/__init__.py
+++ b/pulsar/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-__version__ = '0.7.3.dev0'
+__version__ = '0.7.3'
 
 PROJECT_NAME = "pulsar"
 PROJECT_OWNER = PROJECT_USERAME = "galaxyproject"