diff --git a/integration/pom.xml b/integration/pom.xml
index 14ad51a0..2b285562 100644
--- a/integration/pom.xml
+++ b/integration/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 886b3596..5658d392 100644
--- a/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jcl-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
index 1770db93..49455cee 100644
--- a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index a11511c9..1a83d505 100644
--- a/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
index 15f51303..42df9b37 100644
--- a/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/osgi-over-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bacf5a1a..8989d069 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
   <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.7.3</version>
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>SLF4J</name>
diff --git a/slf4j-api/pom.xml b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
index f95837fe..0e87ee7f 100644
--- a/slf4j-api/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-api/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
index 10f85d76..f7b875fd 100644
--- a/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-ext/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml b/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
index 9cccc7a9..203aa415 100644
--- a/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jcl/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 		<artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.7.3</version>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
index cd19a180..e0fd7df3 100644
--- a/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-jdk14/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
index f3fd256c..b312d074 100644
--- a/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-log4j12/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
index 917ca9f0..4cb2ba49 100644
--- a/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-migrator/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
index e0a7342d..05bb9101 100644
--- a/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-nop/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
index db3d5583..d8df95b5 100644
--- a/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-simple/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-site/pom.xml b/slf4j-site/pom.xml
index a309e324..3c499bf1 100644
--- a/slf4j-site/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j-site/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.7.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
index 1c684b6f..bda4c626 100755
--- a/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
+++ b/slf4j-site/src/site/pages/news.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
    <hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/>
 
-   <h3>13th of March, 2013 - Release of SLF4J 1.7.3</h3>
+   <h3>15th of March, 2013 - Release of SLF4J 1.7.3</h3>
 
    <p>The jul-to-slf4j bridge now correctly handles cases where the
    message string contains {}-placeholders but has no or zero