diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f7457a3..ec6cad4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ apr-1.3.9.tar.bz2
 /apr-1.7.0.tar.bz2
 /apr-1.7.1.tar.bz2
 /apr-1.7.2.tar.bz2
+/apr-1.7.3.tar.bz2
diff --git a/apr-1.7.2-r1907541.patch b/apr-1.7.2-r1907541.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b586260..0000000
--- a/apr-1.7.2-r1907541.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
---- a/atomic/unix/mutex64.c	2023/02/09 12:45:02	1907540
-+++ b/atomic/unix/mutex64.c	2023/02/09 13:36:18	1907541
-@@ -96,7 +96,26 @@
- 
- APR_DECLARE(apr_uint64_t) apr_atomic_read64(volatile apr_uint64_t *mem)
- {
-+    /* On 32bit CPUs this loads with two instructions (tearing),
-+     * so a lock is needed to ensure atomicity.
-+     *
-+     * APR_SIZEOF_VOIDP is probably not the right check for 32 vs 64 bits CPUs
-+     * but it spares an (hardly-)exhaustive list of supported CPUs (and using
-+     * assembly). If APR_SIZEOF_VOIDP==4 means that the compiler generates
-+     * 32bit instructions (-m32 or whatever) then it's the right check though.
-+     */
-+#if APR_SIZEOF_VOIDP >= 8
-     return *mem;
-+#else
-+    apr_uint64_t cur_value;
-+    DECLARE_MUTEX_LOCKED(mutex, mem);
-+
-+    cur_value = *mem;
-+
-+    MUTEX_UNLOCK(mutex);
-+
-+    return cur_value;
-+#endif
- }
- 
- APR_DECLARE(void) apr_atomic_set64(volatile apr_uint64_t *mem, apr_uint64_t val)
diff --git a/apr.spec b/apr.spec
index 305a41e..0ed0b12 100644
--- a/apr.spec
+++ b/apr.spec
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 
 Summary: Apache Portable Runtime library
 Name: apr
-Version: 1.7.2
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 1.7.3
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 # ASL 2.0: everything
 # ISC: network_io/apr-1.4.6/network_io/unix/inet_?to?.c
 # BSD with advertising: strings/apr_snprintf.c, strings/apr_fnmatch.c,
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Patch1: apr-1.7.2-libdir.patch
 Patch2: apr-1.2.7-pkgconf.patch
 Patch3: apr-1.7.0-deepbind.patch
 Patch4: apr-1.7.2-autoconf.patch
-Patch5: apr-1.7.2-r1907541.patch
 BuildRequires: gcc, autoconf, libtool, libuuid-devel, python3
 BuildRequires: make
 
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ C data structures and routines.
 %patch2 -p1 -b .pkgconf
 %patch3 -p1 -b .deepbind
 %patch4 -p1 -b .autoconf-2-71
-%patch5 -p1 -b .r1907541
 
 %build
 # regenerate configure script etc.
@@ -144,6 +142,9 @@ popd
 %{_datadir}/aclocal/*.m4
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 11 2023 Luboš Uhliarik <luhliari@redhat.com> - 1.7.3-1
+- new version 1.7.3
+
 * Fri Feb 10 2023 Luboš Uhliarik <luhliari@redhat.com> - 1.7.2-2
 - enable apr_atomic test again
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 8d4c71a..c341b14 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (apr-1.7.2.tar.bz2) = 0a3a27ccc97bbe4865c1bc0b803012e3da6d5b1f17d4fb0da6f5f58eec01f6d2ae1f25e52896ea5f9c5ac04c5fddcfd1ac606b301c322cf40d5c4d4ce0a1b76e
+SHA512 (apr-1.7.3.tar.bz2) = d8f62868d8e3ec92cede1f0d93b5d48e49441f575c98e165ff84343746a6abd265290ab16a57f741896ae7a6b3e534a334325a99a61c96c2485e085f7761c124