diff --git a/smartmontools/ChangeLog b/smartmontools/ChangeLog
index 65fcf940a816736abd704eb08668f66dd6540271..dc134bc616cf7e9fbefc5b8a72bdf6587fbeec05 100644
--- a/smartmontools/ChangeLog
+++ b/smartmontools/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 $Id$
 
+2022-02-28  Christian Franke  <franke@computer.org>
+
+	smartmontools 7.3
+
 2022-02-27  Douglas Gilbert  <dgilbert@interlog.com>
 
 	scsicmds.cpp scsiprint.cpp and others: route all SCSI pass
diff --git a/smartmontools/NEWS b/smartmontools/NEWS
index 8ab3f5ed0e36c930389a2e5f6a93b57a0345d1b2..b8d47a5d9434fbda092747c1069baeece3f54afe 100644
--- a/smartmontools/NEWS
+++ b/smartmontools/NEWS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ $Id$
 The most up-to-date version of this file is:
 https://www.smartmontools.org/browser/trunk/smartmontools/NEWS
 
-Date <Not released yet, please try current SVN or a recent CI build>
+Date 2022-02-28
 Summary: smartmontools release 7.3
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 - smartctl '-j': Many additions to the JSON output for SCSI/SAS devices.
diff --git a/smartmontools/configure.ac b/smartmontools/configure.ac
index 8279e0a71589a4cec840f2bf530d3e3830dddc77..de95db0bc09536e9f3542215a0adc534e513a04b 100644
--- a/smartmontools/configure.ac
+++ b/smartmontools/configure.ac
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 foreign])
 smartmontools_drivedb_version=7.3
 
 smartmontools_cvs_tag=`echo '$Id$'`
-smartmontools_release_date=2020-12-30
-smartmontools_release_time="16:48:30 UTC"
+smartmontools_release_date=2022-02-28
+smartmontools_release_time="16:33:40 UTC"
 
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SMARTMONTOOLS_CONFIGURE_ARGS, "$ac_configure_args",             [smartmontools Configure Arguments])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SMARTMONTOOLS_RELEASE_DATE,   "$smartmontools_release_date",    [smartmontools Release Date])