diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f969869d3d9cb4faa2b81b2f2c7a2cb01c4500a1..392a9a7355ef1ac43dba5049bc3cbfba19211da1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.3-beta1
+1.7.3-beta2
diff --git a/arkindex/system_workers.yml b/arkindex/system_workers.yml
index 2ca1e9301b044212ba0281641a110644b32e915d..8e87093bab7c4f157e09ba9da6a8c1c68d4307ca 100644
--- a/arkindex/system_workers.yml
+++ b/arkindex/system_workers.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # When releasing Arkindex, check that the Docker images set here are up to date,
 # then update the `version` to the current Arkindex version as set in the `VERSION` file
 # to confirm that the images have been manually checked.
-version: 1.7.3-beta1
+version: 1.7.3-beta2
 
 features:
     file_import: