diff --git a/libpcap/.footprint b/libpcap/.footprint
index c37c4318d..903107e74 100644
--- a/libpcap/.footprint
+++ b/libpcap/.footprint
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/pcap/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libpcap.a
 lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libpcap.so -> libpcap.so.1
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libpcap.so.1 -> libpcap.so.1.7.2
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libpcap.so.1.7.2
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libpcap.so.1 -> libpcap.so.1.7.3
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libpcap.so.1.7.3
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/man1/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man1/pcap-config.1.gz
diff --git a/libpcap/.md5sum b/libpcap/.md5sum
index de962f0ae..2b3b6c771 100644
--- a/libpcap/.md5sum
+++ b/libpcap/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4747281d4e3ebdb78bc88cdccd3ca5f7  libpcap-1.7.2.tar.gz
+9ce284eacc02cb5491e123b875f3f63c  libpcap-1.7.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/libpcap/Pkgfile b/libpcap/Pkgfile
index b0fe856f8..61b71649a 100644
--- a/libpcap/Pkgfile
+++ b/libpcap/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Depends on:  eudev libusb
 
 name=libpcap
-version=1.7.2
+version=1.7.3
 release=1
 source=(http://www.tcpdump.org/release/$name-$version.tar.gz)