diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: ps
 Title: List, Query, Manipulate System Processes
-Version: 1.7.2.9000
+Version: 1.7.3
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jay", "Loden", role = "aut"),
     person("Dave", "Daeschler", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# ps (development version)
+# ps 1.7.3
 
 * The output of `ps_disk_usage()`, `ps_disk_partitions()` and
   `ps_shared_lib_users()` now do not include a spurious `stringsAsFactors`