diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8b28f2e..cb17b93 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description = "Read and write OpenEXR files without any unsafe code"
 keywords = ["exr", "openexr", "file", "binary", "io"]
 categories = ["encoding", "filesystem", "graphics", "multimedia"]
 
-version = "1.72.0"
+version = "1.73.0"
 edition = "2018"
 authors = ["johannesvollmer <johannes596@t-online.de>"]
 
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ proc-macro = false
 lebe = "^0.5.2"                # generic binary serialization
 half = "2.1.0"                 # 16 bit float pixel data type
 bit_field = "^0.10.1"          # exr file version bit flags
-miniz_oxide = "^0.7.1"         # zip compression for pxr24
+miniz_oxide = "^0.8.0"         # zip compression for pxr24
 smallvec = "^1.7.0"            # make cache-friendly allocations        TODO profile if smallvec is really an improvement!
 rayon-core = "^1.11.0"         # threading for parallel compression     TODO make this an optional feature?
 flume = { version = "^0.11.0", default-features = false }              # crossbeam, but less unsafe code        TODO make this an optional feature?
 zune-inflate = { version = "^0.2.3", default-features = false, features = ["zlib"] }  # zip decompression, faster than miniz_oxide
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-image = { version = "0.24.3", default-features = false, features = ["png"] }         # used to convert one exr to some pngs
+image = { version = "0.25.2", default-features = false, features = ["png"] }         # used to convert one exr to some pngs
 
 bencher = "0.1.5"
 walkdir = "2.3.2"         # automatically test things for all files in a directory
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index afebac5..5b8315c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ __What we can do:__
 Add this to your `Cargo.toml`:
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-exr = "1.72.0"
+exr = "1.73.0"
 
 # also, optionally add this to your crate for smaller binary size
 # and better runtime performance
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index 5d8c51f..28dc319 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Only the cropping examples use images from the source repository's test folder.
 
 ## Older Versions
 The examples for any specific `exrs` version can be found on the `docs.rs` page:
+- [docs.rs/crate/exr/1.73.0/source/examples/](https://docs.rs/crate/exr/1.73.0/source/examples/)
 - [docs.rs/crate/exr/1.72.0/source/examples/](https://docs.rs/crate/exr/1.7.0/source/examples/)
 - [docs.rs/crate/exr/1.71.0/source/examples/](https://docs.rs/crate/exr/1.7.0/source/examples/)
 - [docs.rs/crate/exr/1.7.0/source/examples/](https://docs.rs/crate/exr/1.7.0/source/examples/)