diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4816d89dd2cb332191014d7d52aa068ba5a7d326..0e670c00d7498bcc5d2c5272e2648912c3c5b268 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
-
-### Added
+## [0.7.3] - 2022-05-03
+(Daniel Hornung)
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -16,10 +15,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   Use `misc/pam_authentication/ldap.env` instead and view the documentation
   inside the file itself for more information.
 
-### Deprecated
-
-### Removed
-
 ### Fixed
 
 * `ldap_authentication.sh <username>` failed on every attempt when used in
diff --git a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
index a31d483f803c55699cefd40a277832b1f6c12de8..6cbe65db6e81b6b943a78e79d6bda35066b19817 100644
--- a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
@@ -18,18 +18,20 @@ guidelines of the CaosDB Project
 
 2. Check all general prerequisites.
 
-3. Update the version property in [pom.xml](./pom.xml) (probably this means to
-   remove the `-SNAPSHOT`) and in `src/doc/conf.py`.
+3. Update the versions in:
+  * [pom.xml](./pom.xml) (probably this means to remove the `-SNAPSHOT`)
+  * `src/doc/conf.py`
+  * `CHANGELOG.md`
 
-4. Merge the release branch into the main branch.
+5. Merge the release branch into the main branch.
 
-5. Tag the latest commit of the main branch with `v<VERSION>`.
+6. Tag the latest commit of the main branch with `v<VERSION>`.
 
-6. Delete the release branch.
+7. Delete the release branch.
 
-7. Merge the main branch back into the dev branch.
+8. Merge the main branch back into the dev branch.
 
-8. Update the version property in [pom.xml](./pom.xml) for the next
+9. Update the version property in [pom.xml](./pom.xml) for the next
    developlement round (with a `-SNAPSHOT` suffix).
 
-9. Add a gitlab release in the respective repository.
+10. Add a gitlab release in the respective repository.