diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c2d0c739..c876fe53 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 2.72.1
+## 2.73.0
 
-Released 2016-mm-dd
+Released 2016-09-06
+
+Announcements:
+ - Upgrades camshaft to [0.42.0](https://github.com/CartoDB/camshaft/releases/tag/0.42.0).
 
 
 ## 2.72.0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e9411292..bb5a5092 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "private": true,
   "name": "windshaft-cartodb",
-  "version": "2.72.1",
+  "version": "2.73.0",
   "description": "A map tile server for CartoDB",
   "keywords": [
     "cartodb"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "body-parser": "~1.14.0",
-    "camshaft": "0.41.0",
+    "camshaft": "0.42.0",
     "cartodb-psql": "~0.6.1",
     "cartodb-query-tables": "~0.1.0",
     "cartodb-redis": "0.13.1",