diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4b70c6a3..c3be0887 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.7.3](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-proxy-operator/compare/v1.7.2...v1.7.3) (2026-01-23)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* update go licenses to v2 ([#726](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-proxy-operator/issues/726)) ([8bf84e2](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-proxy-operator/commit/8bf84e21ce8459795a55cf348e882f55653cbd4c))
+
 ## [1.7.2](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-proxy-operator/compare/v1.7.1...v1.7.2) (2025-10-30)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38c5a223..25d03062 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ your kubernetes cluster:
 <!-- {x-release-please-start-version} -->
 
 ```shell
-kubectl apply -f https://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-sql-connectors/cloud-sql-proxy-operator/v1.7.2/cloud-sql-proxy-operator.yaml
+kubectl apply -f https://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-sql-connectors/cloud-sql-proxy-operator/v1.7.3/cloud-sql-proxy-operator.yaml
 ```
 
 <!-- {x-release-please-end} -->
diff --git a/docs/quick-start.md b/docs/quick-start.md
index 57abaa27..00df6b7c 100644
--- a/docs/quick-start.md
+++ b/docs/quick-start.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ your kubernetes cluster:
 
 <!-- {x-release-please-start-version} -->
 ```shell
-curl https://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-sql-connectors/cloud-sql-proxy-operator/v1.7.2/install.sh | bash
+curl https://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-sql-connectors/cloud-sql-proxy-operator/v1.7.3/install.sh | bash
 ```
 <!-- {x-release-please-end} -->
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index f8a696c8..661e7aea 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.2
+1.7.3