diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9914ecd..6fd4a88 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 /vips-8.6.5.tar.gz
-/vips-8.7.2.tar.gz
+/vips-8.7.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a2a09aa..64ae711 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (vips-8.7.2.tar.gz) = a1d8a422826cd7bcab3cc48fa7036c988c24cdff0fb6100297eb414f003ab328a6256bf39ea5655c9707f61982e04a0619be46e63126fbe40a873ccf382ee7e5
+SHA512 (vips-8.7.3.tar.gz) = e220dcef5d08c03744ea25e7b7dfbb75183be0a1db26683878e4fd47aa80eb9727bb05c32fd1dd933edc868d59eb8863f0503d4bac15352ddc7f799a2cf33bc1
diff --git a/vips.spec b/vips.spec
index 9a9bcda..acf6694 100644
--- a/vips.spec
+++ b/vips.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %global vips_version_base 8.7
-%global vips_version %{vips_version_base}.2
+%global vips_version %{vips_version_base}.3
 %global vips_soname_major 42
 
 Name:		vips
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/doc/vips
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jan 08 2019 Benjamin Gilbert <bgilbert@backtick.net> - 8.7.3-1
+- New release
+
 * Sat Dec 08 2018 Benjamin Gilbert <bgilbert@backtick.net> - 8.7.2-1
 - New release