diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eee85306..1c5b734a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # version should use the format 'x.x.x' (instead of 'vx.x.x')
 setup(
     name='vertica-python',
-    version='0.7.2',
+    version='0.7.3',
     description='A native Python client for the Vertica database.',
     author='Justin Berka, Alex Kim',
     author_email='justin.berka@gmail.com, alex.kim@uber.com',
diff --git a/vertica_python/__init__.py b/vertica_python/__init__.py
index 33f72642..57e1df68 100644
--- a/vertica_python/__init__.py
+++ b/vertica_python/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
            'OperationalError', 'ProgrammingError']
 
 # The version number of this library.
-version_info = (0, 7, 2)
+version_info = (0, 7, 3)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))
 
 # The protocol version (3.0.0) implemented in this library.