diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index cf846c3382..8dc8cd7ec1 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -487,8 +487,8 @@ char *curl_escape(char *string, int length);
 char *curl_unescape(char *string, int length);
 
 /* This is the version number */
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.7.2"
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070702
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.7.3"
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070703
 
 /* linked-list structure for the CURLOPT_QUOTE option (and other) */
 struct curl_slist {
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 95158cba7b..22390f2f70 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #define CURL_NAME "curl"
-#define CURL_VERSION "7.7.2"
+#define CURL_VERSION "7.7.3"
 #define CURL_ID CURL_NAME " " CURL_VERSION " (" OS ") "