diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 62d9d73be56c13cf2c64068e496d245a4135a940..92c5c4fa4a06afbc5435f70dbb5745d1874e486e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2014-10-21, v0.7.3
+	* Instruct kamaki to ignore the ssl certificates (kamaki >= 0.13rc5).
+
 2014-10-14, v0.7.2
 	* Fix an exception triggered when collecting Ubuntu metadata
 
diff --git a/image_creator/kamaki_wrapper.py b/image_creator/kamaki_wrapper.py
index 4f548a04661c1cf3c5e9c9ff0a9d0257ced0122d..38950ae0ba4b89cab9b9a4b95c6d753061e34f26 100644
--- a/image_creator/kamaki_wrapper.py
+++ b/image_creator/kamaki_wrapper.py
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ from kamaki.clients.image import ImageClient
 from kamaki.clients.pithos import PithosClient
 from kamaki.clients.astakos import CachedAstakosClient as AstakosClient
 
+try:
+    from kamaki.clients.utils import https
+    https.patch_ignore_ssl()
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 try:
     config = Config()
 except Exception as e:
diff --git a/image_creator/version.py b/image_creator/version.py
index fbbd6d62bee9a3f4af96c7a2ece44963defa6a83..be97e54bc7d84fc143fcc7b23ecc0b0bc4274aa1 100644
--- a/image_creator/version.py
+++ b/image_creator/version.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 
-__version__ = "0.7.2"
+__version__ = "0.7.3"
 __version_vcs_info__ = {
-    'branch': 'hotfix-0.7.2',
-    'revid': '7b0713f',
-    'revno': 582}
+    'branch': 'hotfix-0.7.3',
+    'revid': '5de748e',
+    'revno': 586}
 __version_user_email__ = "skalkoto@grnet.gr"
 __version_user_name__ = "Nikos Skalkotos"
diff --git a/version b/version
index 7486fdbc50b3f93d9d04db440483984df5d1dcce..f38fc5393ff66e64aaa5d8733ea9b44d31927dce 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.2
+0.7.3