diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1fa7a46635..df48ffbbbb 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 major=2
 minor=7
-release=2
+release=3
 
 # greek is used for alpha or beta release tags.  If it is non-empty,
 # it will be appended to the version number.  It does not have to be
diff --git a/contrib/android/AndroidApp/lstopo/build.gradle b/contrib/android/AndroidApp/lstopo/build.gradle
index d98f1595e4..af9d9a7b9a 100644
--- a/contrib/android/AndroidApp/lstopo/build.gradle
+++ b/contrib/android/AndroidApp/lstopo/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ android {
         // Official hwloc version - snapshot number - android apk version
         // Set snapshot number to 1 when the hwloc version is increased.
         // Increase the snapshot number when the hwloc code changed but not its version
-        versionName "2.7.2rc1-1-1.5.1"
+        versionName "2.7.3rc1-1-1.5.1"
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         externalNativeBuild {
             cmake {
diff --git a/contrib/android/include/hwloc/autogen/config.h b/contrib/android/include/hwloc/autogen/config.h
index ed2c78fa65..c861a09f93 100644
--- a/contrib/android/include/hwloc/autogen/config.h
+++ b/contrib/android/include/hwloc/autogen/config.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* include/hwloc/autogen/config.h.  Generated from config.h.in by configure.  */
 /* -*- c -*-
  * Copyright © 2009 CNRS
- * Copyright © 2009-2022 Inria.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright © 2009-2023 Inria.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright © 2009-2012 Université Bordeaux
  * Copyright © 2009-2011 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * See COPYING in top-level directory.
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 #ifndef HWLOC_CONFIG_H
 #define HWLOC_CONFIG_H
 
-#define HWLOC_VERSION "2.7.2rc1"
+#define HWLOC_VERSION "2.7.3rc1"
 #define HWLOC_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 #define HWLOC_VERSION_MINOR 7
-#define HWLOC_VERSION_RELEASE 2
+#define HWLOC_VERSION_RELEASE 3
 #define HWLOC_VERSION_GREEK "rc1"
 
 #if (__GNUC__ > 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 95))
diff --git a/contrib/windows-cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/windows-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index caa4988abb..677655d0ae 100644
--- a/contrib/windows-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/windows-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 project(hwloc
     LANGUAGES C
-    VERSION 2.7.2)
+    VERSION 2.7.3)
 
 enable_testing()
 
diff --git a/contrib/windows/hwloc_config.h b/contrib/windows/hwloc_config.h
index d4581216fe..ffd075c886 100644
--- a/contrib/windows/hwloc_config.h
+++ b/contrib/windows/hwloc_config.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright © 2009 CNRS
- * Copyright © 2009-2022 Inria.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright © 2009-2023 Inria.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright © 2009-2012 Université Bordeaux
  * Copyright © 2009-2011 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * See COPYING in top-level directory.
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 #ifndef HWLOC_CONFIG_H
 #define HWLOC_CONFIG_H
 
-#define HWLOC_VERSION "2.7.2rc1"
+#define HWLOC_VERSION "2.7.3rc1"
 #define HWLOC_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 #define HWLOC_VERSION_MINOR 7
-#define HWLOC_VERSION_RELEASE 2
+#define HWLOC_VERSION_RELEASE 3
 #define HWLOC_VERSION_GREEK "rc1"
 
 #define __hwloc_restrict