diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d3c915..b7bde71 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.7.3] - 2024-04-23
+
+- chore: updated lots of dependencies
+
 ## [1.7.2] - 2023-12-18
 
 - feat: activate `dts` plugin for all institutions
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f860663..d409881 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "ard-eventhub",
-	"version": "1.7.2",
+	"version": "1.7.3",
 	"description": "ARD system to distribute real-time (live) metadata for primarily radio broadcasts.",
 	"main": "./src/ingest/index.js",
 	"engines": {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 		"@google-cloud/secret-manager": "5.3.0",
 		"@swrlab/utils": "1.2.1",
 		"compression": "1.7.4",
-		"dd-trace": "5.10.0",
+		"dd-trace": "5.11.0",
 		"express": "4.19.2",
 		"express-openapi-validator": "5.1.6",
 		"firebase-admin": "12.0.0",