diff --git a/utils/smartmontools/Makefile b/utils/smartmontools/Makefile
index 6a5198eb2..9db02d0d0 100644
--- a/utils/smartmontools/Makefile
+++ b/utils/smartmontools/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=smartmontools
-PKG_VERSION:=7.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=7.3
+PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/smartmontools
-PKG_HASH:=5cd98a27e6393168bc6aaea070d9e1cd551b0f898c52f66b2ff2e5d274118cd6
+PKG_HASH:=a544f8808d0c58cfb0e7424ca1841cb858a974922b035d505d4e4c248be3a22b
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Maxim Storchak <m.storchak@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-or-later
diff --git a/utils/smartmontools/patches/002-os_mailer-is-mailx.patch b/utils/smartmontools/patches/002-os_mailer-is-mailx.patch
index b565f800d..1bec1bfda 100644
--- a/utils/smartmontools/patches/002-os_mailer-is-mailx.patch
+++ b/utils/smartmontools/patches/002-os_mailer-is-mailx.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/configure
 +++ b/configure
-@@ -6964,7 +6964,7 @@ releaseversion='${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}'
+@@ -7633,7 +7633,7 @@ releaseversion='${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}'
  # Set platform-specific modules and symbols
  os_libs=
  os_dltools='curl wget lynx svn'