diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6242ee5c3..54a0fecbd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 1.7.3
+Monday, December 18, 2017
+====================================
+
+- hb_set_t performance tuning and optimizations.
+- Speed up collect_glyphs() and reject garbage data.
+- In hb_coretext_font_create() set font point-size (ptem).
+- Misc fixes.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.7.2
 Monday, December 4, 2017
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dc21ad661..bff842cfc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [1.7.2],
+        [1.7.3],
         [https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])