diff --git a/README b/README
index f97b39e..4ea9147 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
                               Fontconfig
              Font configuration and customization library
-                             Version 2.7.2
-                              2009-08-31
+                             Version 2.7.3
+                              2009-09-08
 
 
 Check INSTALL for compilation and installation instructions.
 Report bugs to https://bugs.freedesktop.org in the fontconfig module.
 
+2.7.3
+
+Behdad Esfahbod (2):
+      Use default config in FcFileScan() and FcDirScan()
+      Bump libtool version in preparation for release
+
+Roozbeh Pournader (2):
+      Correct Ewe (ee) orthography to use U+025B (bug #20711)
+      Updated Arabic, Persian, and Urdu orthographies
+
 2.7.2
 
 Behdad Esfahbod (6):
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 928f7a7..750a19b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 dnl version.  This same version number must appear in fontconfig/fontconfig.h
 dnl Yes, it is a pain to synchronize version numbers.  Unfortunately, it's
 dnl not possible to extract the version number here from fontconfig.h
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(fontconfig, 2.7.2)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(fontconfig, 2.7.3)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 dnl libtool versioning
diff --git a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
index 24a5070..a0f8de5 100644
--- a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
+++ b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 #define FC_MAJOR	2
 #define FC_MINOR	7
-#define FC_REVISION	2
+#define FC_REVISION	3
 
 #define FC_VERSION	((FC_MAJOR * 10000) + (FC_MINOR * 100) + (FC_REVISION))