diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 35ef2d9e89..c445448c71 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 [![Actions Status: Windows](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/workflows/Windows/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/actions?query=workflow%3A"Windows")
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 # What is Ruby?
 
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 805359030e..5d96911a2d 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # define RUBY_VERSION_MINOR RUBY_API_VERSION_MINOR
 #define RUBY_VERSION_TEENY 4
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR_STR"-"RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH_STR"-"RUBY_RELEASE_DAY_STR
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 172
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 173
 
 #include "ruby/version.h"
 #include "ruby/internal/abi.h"