diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index e42ea5dc90..98e0241941 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -4,6 +4,27 @@ For more detailed information, please see the git log.
 These release notes can also be consulted at https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Release_notes.html.
 
 
+v4.7.2 (27 May 2023)
+--------------------
+
+update/bugfix release
+
+- various enhancements, including:
+  - extend (experimental) support for generating container images with Apptainer (#3975)
+  - add default download timeout (#4226)
+  - make the RPATH section check with `readelf -d` in sanity check optional  (#4249)
+- various bug fixes, including:
+  - add `make_extension_string` and `_make_extension_list` methods to `EasyBlock` class, so easyblocks can customize them (#3697)
+  - fix typo in condition guarding installation of GitHub token in CI workflow to run unit tests + fix broken tests related to GitHub integration features (#4216)
+  - fix --check-github as gist url now includes username (#4231)
+  - switch to Ubuntu 22.04 in GitHub Actions workflow to run container tests (#4238)
+  - use "/usr/bin/env python" in test_run_cmd_script (#4241)
+- other changes:
+  - print potential errors after running a command only once (#4065)
+  - change github_* template descriptions to be somewhat clearer (#4251)
+  - remove workflow to test bootstrap script (#4255)
+
+
 v4.7.1 (March 20th 2023)
 ------------------------
 
diff --git a/easybuild/tools/version.py b/easybuild/tools/version.py
index 566e1b5c63..ed9e810de6 100644
--- a/easybuild/tools/version.py
+++ b/easybuild/tools/version.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 # recent setuptools versions will *TRANSFORM* something like 'X.Y.Zdev' into 'X.Y.Z.dev0', with a warning like
 #   UserWarning: Normalizing '2.4.0dev' to '2.4.0.dev0'
 # This causes problems further up the dependency chain...
-VERSION = LooseVersion('4.7.2.dev0')
+VERSION = LooseVersion('4.7.3.dev0')
 UNKNOWN = 'UNKNOWN'