diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.3.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.3.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..002c93b9612df51f09a657e737f0a54371e4ef9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.3.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Git v1.7.3.1 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.7.3
+------------------
+
+ * "git stash show stash@{$n}" was accidentally broken in 1.7.3 ("git
+   stash show" without any argument still worked, though).
+
+ * "git stash branch $branch stash@{$n}" was accidentally broken in
+   1.7.3 and started dropping the named stash even when branch creation
+   failed.
+
+And other minor fixes and documentation updates.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 646e76178935e7c702f3a2e56ab819e93e7b7609..dd57bdc436788e56c3b3cd1a8481b191c0a62d67 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.7.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.3]
+* link:v1.7.3.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.3.1]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.7.3.1.txt[1.7.3.1],
   link:RelNotes/1.7.3.txt[1.7.3].
 
 * link:v1.7.2.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.2.3]
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index ac9c4dbf2fe692fa8385c2d2c54f4122339204de..75b8b3cc6978f3b977f66ec0039e745bc6b044cb 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.3
+DEF_VER=v1.7.3.1
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index 8c65931ff4d966ea7c76cdfa1fcb000c97ab1c19..50b2d422d80b2a0c8976c56422a2b851dbcd4a50 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.3.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.3.1.txt
\ No newline at end of file