diff --git a/buildSrc/version.properties b/buildSrc/version.properties
index 4447417e1dda4..f0182953fc0e2 100644
--- a/buildSrc/version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/version.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-elasticsearch     = 7.2.0
+elasticsearch     = 7.3.0
 lucene            = 8.0.0
 
 bundled_jdk       = 12.0.1+12@69cfe15208a647278a19ef0990eea691
diff --git a/docs/Versions.asciidoc b/docs/Versions.asciidoc
index b949b3a9ea75c..a4e1bdfd56f08 100644
--- a/docs/Versions.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/Versions.asciidoc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-:version:               7.2.0
+:version:               7.3.0
 ////
 bare_version never includes -alpha or -beta
 ////
-:bare_version:          7.2.0
+:bare_version:          7.3.0
 :major-version:         7.x
 :prev-major-version:    6.x
 :lucene_version:        8.0.0
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
index 8945a0f61383f..11f9d2c158aae 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ public class Version implements Comparable<Version>, ToXContentFragment {
     public static final Version V_7_1_1 = new Version(V_7_1_1_ID, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_8_0_0);
     public static final int V_7_2_0_ID = 7020099;
     public static final Version V_7_2_0 = new Version(V_7_2_0_ID, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_8_0_0);
-    public static final Version CURRENT = V_7_2_0;
+    public static final int V_7_3_0_ID = 7030099;
+    public static final Version V_7_3_0 = new Version(V_7_3_0_ID, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_8_0_0);
+    public static final Version CURRENT = V_7_3_0;
 
     static {
         assert CURRENT.luceneVersion.equals(org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LATEST) : "Version must be upgraded to ["
@@ -155,6 +157,8 @@ public static Version readVersion(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
 
     public static Version fromId(int id) {
         switch (id) {
+            case V_7_3_0_ID:
+                return V_7_3_0;
             case V_7_2_0_ID:
                 return V_7_2_0;
             case V_7_1_1_ID: