diff --git a/Changes.txt b/Changes.txt
index 9d168d0b..bd85c0c3 100644
--- a/Changes.txt
+++ b/Changes.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 /**
 @page changes Changes
 
+## 0.7.3 August 12 2017
+
+- Build system fixes for Gentoo.
+  Issue [#116][gh_116].
+
+  [gh_116]: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/issues/116
+
+
 
 ## 0.7.2 July 26 2017
 
diff --git a/include/xlsxwriter.h b/include/xlsxwriter.h
index 0349d0d9..d1bc9cc8 100644
--- a/include/xlsxwriter.h
+++ b/include/xlsxwriter.h
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 #include "xlsxwriter/format.h"
 #include "xlsxwriter/utility.h"
 
-#define LXW_VERSION "0.7.2"
+#define LXW_VERSION "0.7.3"
 
 #endif /* __LXW_XLSXWRITER_H__ */
diff --git a/libxlsxwriter.podspec b/libxlsxwriter.podspec
index d255df7d..e0e4ea00 100644
--- a/libxlsxwriter.podspec
+++ b/libxlsxwriter.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name                  = "libxlsxwriter"
-  s.version               = "0.7.2"
+  s.version               = "0.7.3"
   s.summary               = "Libxlsxwriter: A C library for creating Excel XLSX files."
   s.ios.deployment_target = "6.0"
   s.osx.deployment_target = "10.8"