diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ce10ffb785bbdc7488f5bb75cd3eafa9c0846885..f205c7b8ffa9d102f40d3f70a80758bdad6f424a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# [7.3.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/7.2.0...7.3.0) (2024-10-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **uv:** add uv support as a new build system ([8aeb20b](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/8aeb20b09347ff35398a4a707852a9cc17cc6842)), closes [#80](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/issues/80)
+* **uv:** add uv support as a new build system ([d22ffba](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/commit/d22ffbacb4228cb4ffdc6396bca9e43ad194bfff))
+
 # [7.2.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/python/compare/7.1.1...7.2.0) (2024-10-04)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4fa3248510079accfbffdd2367f4c7c150200666..9d5f44e6bc712d2373bab2aec1c2060e893c3bdd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # 1: include the component
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.2.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.3.0
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       image: registry.hub.docker.com/library/python:3.12-slim
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Add the following to your `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
 include:
   # 1: include the template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/python'
-    ref: '7.2.0'
+    ref: '7.3.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml'
 
 variables:
@@ -521,9 +521,9 @@ With:
 ```yaml
 include:
   # main component
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.2.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.3.0
   # Vault variant
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@7.2.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-vault@7.3.0
     inputs:
       vault-base-url: "https://vault.acme.host/v1"
       # audience claim for JWT
@@ -563,13 +563,13 @@ The variant requires the additional configuration parameters:
 
 ```yaml
 include:
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.2.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python@7.3.0
     # 2: set/override component inputs
     inputs:
       image: registry.hub.docker.com/library/python:3.12-slim
       pytest-enabled: true
 
-  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-gcp@7.2.0
+  - component: $CI_SERVER_FQDN/to-be-continuous/python/gitlab-ci-python-gcp@7.3.0
     inputs:
       # common OIDC config for non-prod envs
       gcp-oidc-provider: "projects/<gcp_nonprod_proj_id>/locations/global/workloadIdentityPools/<pool_id>/providers/<provider_id>"
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-gcp.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-gcp.yml
index 7b084789b3babb7f90c55edb7e35d2ab64738903..131d44b4f7e212af9a8a46280b79e608368ea9f1 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-gcp.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-gcp.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ variables:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.2.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.3.0"]
   variables:
     GCP_JWT: $GCP_JWT
   before_script:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
index 07139069581f7d1cb6252a02c2e9a3468d385e24..1a1373904fdb997ddd5cc159f9ae2548d12f0169 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python-vault.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ variables:
 .python-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.2.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.3.0"]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index 6f00849c9e5cfffd559e114a6bb1f13a52befcc8..64c025a6aea62ff55555a02abf39ca5bcbc8639f 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ stages:
   image: $PYTHON_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "python", "7.2.0"]
+      command: ["--service", "python", "7.3.0"]
   variables:
     # set local cache dir; most Python tools honour XDG specs
     XDG_CACHE_HOME: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache"