diff --git a/changelog.html b/changelog.html
index 5f013a77e9c0b7eae15985b1a72b903d3fe40300..f13a741844227d2e744e78465b5b0454ff9f5f58 100644
--- a/changelog.html
+++ b/changelog.html
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ Upcoming changes
Jenkins didn't start on IBM JDK.
(issue 10810)
+
+ Fixed a possible NPE during the boot sequence
+ (issue 10799)
stdin/stdout based remote slaves, such as ones launched via SSH or script, now does a better redirect to avoid interference with JVM output to stdout.
(issue 8856)
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 35ff031eef5f5dbe8238366b53afe4c5e9f739a7..6f77ce01d49820b2196901d95297235965e67397 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
true
- 1.172
+ 1.173