diff --git a/Library/Formula/rethinkdb.rb b/Library/Formula/rethinkdb.rb
index 7c98f667c881..df7b9c947fbc 100644
--- a/Library/Formula/rethinkdb.rb
+++ b/Library/Formula/rethinkdb.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 class Rethinkdb < Formula
   homepage 'http://www.rethinkdb.com/'
-  url 'http://download.rethinkdb.com/dist/rethinkdb-1.7.2.tgz'
-  sha1 'b4306757436f59a9170863e5c570d76a277b1aea'
+  url 'http://download.rethinkdb.com/dist/rethinkdb-1.7.3.tgz'
+  sha1 '81bfcb7fc88ef61d83f84bab5c25d1a92d8687c5'
 
   depends_on :macos => :lion
   depends_on 'boost' => :build