diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fc7da5a..44862b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ These are the people maintaining this project that you can annoy:
 ## Usage From SBT
 
 ```scala
-dependencies += "com.bionicspirit" %% "shade" % "1.7.2"
+dependencies += "com.bionicspirit" %% "shade" % "1.7.3"
 ```
 
 ### Initializing the Memcached Client
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 1a87ceb..2b3f496 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 name := "shade"
 
-version := "1.7.2"
+version := "1.7.3"
 
 organization := "com.bionicspirit"
 
-scalaVersion := "2.11.7"
+scalaVersion := "2.11.8"
 
-crossScalaVersions := Seq("2.10.6", "2.11.7")
+crossScalaVersions := Seq("2.10.6", "2.11.8")
 
 compileOrder in ThisBuild := CompileOrder.JavaThenScala
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ resolvers ++= Seq(
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "net.spy" % "spymemcached" % "2.12.0",
   "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-api" % "1.7.13",
-  "org.monifu" %% "monifu-core" % "1.0",
+  "org.monifu" %% "monifu-core" % "1.2",
   "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.1.3" % Test,
   "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "2.2.4" % Test,
   "org.scalacheck" %% "scalacheck" % "1.12.5" % Test
diff --git a/release-notes/1.7.md b/release-notes/1.7.md
index 2fd875b..cfb0650 100644
--- a/release-notes/1.7.md
+++ b/release-notes/1.7.md
@@ -17,4 +17,13 @@ Integrated several contributions:
 
 - add Array[Byte] codec
 - allow enabling low-level client optimisation (collapse multiple sequential get ops)
-- send expiration time as 0L when expiration duration is infinity (comply with Memcached expectations)
\ No newline at end of file
+- send expiration time as 0L when expiration duration is infinity (comply with Memcached expectations)
+
+## Version 1.7.3 - May 11, 2016
+
+- bump SBT version to 0.13.11
+- bump Scala version to 2.11.8
+- bump Monifu version to 1.2
+- add support for Double and Float by default
+- add implicitNotFound message on Codec
+- enable configuration of hash algorithm