diff --git a/FIXES.md b/FIXES.md
index 8332aac40..7bc4c4c86 100644
--- a/FIXES.md
+++ b/FIXES.md
@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@
 * fixed potential problem with multichannel audio when there is a BPS change
 * build GitHub builds with NDI 5 by default (user still needs to obtain NDI
   library by itself)
+
+#### 1.7.3
+* fixed channel mapping from lesser amount of input channels to higher (eg.
+  `--audio-channel-map 0:1` while receiving only mono)
+* do not set BMD conversion mode (issue #215)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1c697b988..5b2eda1f2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-AC_INIT([UltraGrid],[1.7.2],[ultragrid-dev@cesnet.cz])
+AC_INIT([UltraGrid],[1.7.3],[ultragrid-dev@cesnet.cz])
 configure_flags="$*"
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10])