diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 10db616..e0bdd56 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 /debhelper_11.1.2.tar.xz
 /debhelper_11.4.tar.xz
 /debhelper_12.6.1.tar.xz
+/debhelper_12.7.3.tar.xz
diff --git a/debhelper.spec b/debhelper.spec
index fed7f6f..3ad7cb0 100644
--- a/debhelper.spec
+++ b/debhelper.spec
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 }
 
 Name:           debhelper
-Version:        12.6.1
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Version:        12.7.3
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Helper programs for debian/rules
 
 License:        GPLv2+
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ Requires:       dh-autoreconf >= 17
 Requires:       dpkg >= 1.18.0
 Requires:       dpkg-dev >= 1.18.2
 Requires:       dpkg-perl >= 1.17.14
-Requires:       html2text
 Requires:       perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $version))
 Requires:       perl(Dpkg::BuildProfiles)
 Requires:       po-debconf
@@ -143,6 +142,12 @@ make test
 %{perl_vendorlib}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 09 2020 Sérgio Basto <sergio@serjux.com> - 12.7.3-2
+- html2text is not needed since version 9.20130604
+
+* Sun Jan 05 2020 Sérgio Basto <sergio@serjux.com> - 12.7.3-1
+- Update to 12.7.3 (#1763530)
+
 * Tue Oct 08 2019 Sérgio Basto <sergio@serjux.com> - 12.6.1-1
 - Update to 12.6.1
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2638bba..21b3dff 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (debhelper_12.6.1.tar.xz) = 83f816abb522b13a98cfdc9dd2ad68c2f23a0d45b4acc55a2ce098066db2c83b52c47f2cc999da467634276a558d84960017247f0d23628fe4a35bd5ba0a2b88
+SHA512 (debhelper_12.7.3.tar.xz) = 802fccba95df5fcd04a5ec9d78610e77c2977d81e6b1e4eba6bb5d4f92e5943db2876e1b011d1822cbbc67c256895045408b7eaf285da2ac55bd8200b6c39fe3