diff --git a/src/config/makefile.h b/src/config/makefile.h
index 8cfe99344a..9860d6a8f7 100644
--- a/src/config/makefile.h
+++ b/src/config/makefile.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # For development tree 
 #RELEASE := 
 # For current release tree
-RELEASE := 7.3.0
+RELEASE := 7.3.1
 
 #
 ifndef NWCHEM_TOP
diff --git a/src/nwchem.F b/src/nwchem.F
index 6b9f051928..98625f38a4 100644
--- a/src/nwchem.F
+++ b/src/nwchem.F
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ c
 c  $Id$
 c
 c  ======================================================================================================
-C> \mainpage Northwest Computational Chemistry Package (NWChem) 7.3.0
+C> \mainpage Northwest Computational Chemistry Package (NWChem) 7.3.1
 C>
 C> NWChem is an open-source computational chemistry package distributed under the terms of
 C> the Educational Community License (ECL) 2.0
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ c
       write(LuOut,*)
       write(LuOut,*)
       call util_print_centered(LuOut,
-     $     'Northwest Computational Chemistry Package (NWChem) 7.3.0',
+     $     'Northwest Computational Chemistry Package (NWChem) 7.3.1',
      $     40, .true.)
       write(LuOut,*)
       write(LuOut,*)
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ C
 C  Print version information to ecce.out file
 C
       compiled(inp_strlen(compiled)+1:inp_strlen(compiled)+25) = 
-     $         ' Version 7.3.0'
+     $         ' Version 7.3.1'
       call ecce_print_version(compiled(1:inp_strlen(compiled)))
 C
       If ( Inp_StrLen(BatchID) .gt. 0) then