diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ed688fe..471eabe 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2842,7 +2842,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "encointer-collator"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.7.3"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/node/Cargo.toml b/node/Cargo.toml
index 99e1705..40c5c70 100644
--- a/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "encointer-collator"
-# align major.minor revision with the runtimes. bump patch revision ad lib. make this the github release tag
-version = "1.7.0"
+# align major.minor revision with the polkadot-sdk release. bump patch revision ad lib. make this the github release tag
+version = "1.7.3"
 authors = ["Encointer <info@encointer.org>"]
 build = "build.rs"
 edition = "2021"