diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 2d3ea44..817eded 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## Version 0.73 (2021/02/19)
+
+ * improve error reporting
+ * fixed another configuration parsing bug
+
 ## Version 0.72 (2021/02/16)
 
  * fixed a configuration parsing bug making 0.71 almost unusable
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 170f057..7ccba70 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
-AC_INIT(rinetd, 0.72, sam@hocevar.net)
+AC_INIT(rinetd, 0.73, sam@hocevar.net)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(.auto)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/rinetd.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([src/config.h])
diff --git a/rinetd.8 b/rinetd.8
index 7f6882a..03b7e37 100644
--- a/rinetd.8
+++ b/rinetd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH rinetd 8 "2021-02-12" "rinetd 0.72"
+.TH rinetd 8 "2021-02-19" "rinetd 0.73"
 
 .SH NAME
 rinetd \- internet redirection server
diff --git a/rinetd.vcxproj b/rinetd.vcxproj
index aedce6c..8df2625 100644
--- a/rinetd.vcxproj
+++ b/rinetd.vcxproj
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CONSOLE;PACKAGE_VERSION="0.72";_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE;_WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CONSOLE;PACKAGE_VERSION="0.73";_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE;_WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>