diff --git a/include/boost/beast/version.hpp b/include/boost/beast/version.hpp
index 9fd5aed6..d13f69f6 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/version.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/version.hpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     This is a simple integer that is incremented by one every
     time a set of code changes is merged to the develop branch.
 */
-#define BOOST_BEAST_VERSION 172
+#define BOOST_BEAST_VERSION 173
 
 #define BOOST_BEAST_VERSION_STRING "Boost.Beast/" BOOST_STRINGIZE(BOOST_BEAST_VERSION)