diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 8cd611b4a2..51d22156e4 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 73.0.0
+current_version = 73.0.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index cfb8a2379f..3c36fbfa5a 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+v73.0.1
+=======
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Remove `abc.ABCMeta` metaclass from abstract classes. `pypa/setuptools#4503 <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/pull/4503>`_ had an unintended consequence of causing potential ``TypeError: metaclass conflict: the metaclass of a derived class must be a (non-strict) subclass of the metaclasses of all its bases`` -- by :user:`Avasam` (#4579)
+
+
 v73.0.0
 =======
 
diff --git a/newsfragments/4579.bugfix.rst b/newsfragments/4579.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index bd5ad8c203..0000000000
--- a/newsfragments/4579.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove `abc.ABCMeta` metaclass from abstract classes. `pypa/setuptools#4503 <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/pull/4503>`_ had an unintended consequence of causing potential ``TypeError: metaclass conflict: the metaclass of a derived class must be a (non-strict) subclass of the metaclasses of all its bases`` -- by :user:`Avasam`
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c9f8e61bbe..390da0c634 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ backend-path = ["."]
 
 [project]
 name = "setuptools"
-version = "73.0.0"
+version = "73.0.1"
 authors = [
 	{ name = "Python Packaging Authority", email = "distutils-sig@python.org" },
 ]