diff --git a/ansible_navigator/_version.py b/ansible_navigator/_version.py
index 5fb1ee308..f0b84d24f 100644
--- a/ansible_navigator/_version.py
+++ b/ansible_navigator/_version.py
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 application version, although keeping the major in sync is probably
 not a bad idea to minimize the amount of stale docs in the user's cache
 """
-__version__ = "0.7.2"
+__version__ = "0.7.3"
 __version_collection_doc_cache__ = "1.0"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 89b144e40..c0c058791 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ classifiers =
 [options]
 packages = find:
 install_requires =
-    ansible-runner >=2b1,<3
+    ansible-runner >=2rc1,<3
     jinja2 >=3,<4
     onigurumacffi >=1.1.0,<2
     pyyaml >=5.4.1,<6