diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 42625105a9003c0f2b6809de24f11cedc4a14024..92c5c4fa4a06afbc5435f70dbb5745d1874e486e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+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
+
 2014-10-06, v0.7.1
 	* Fix a bug in host bundling operation where the file system UUIDs and
 	  Labels where not preserved
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/os_type/ubuntu.py b/image_creator/os_type/ubuntu.py
index 7b73ab4d96e6c8915c67044a00b5e5ba52af679f..1c6724bfa10e82e292b28f6977c4b792ae7a9ce9 100644
--- a/image_creator/os_type/ubuntu.py
+++ b/image_creator/os_type/ubuntu.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Ubuntu(Linux):
 
         super(Ubuntu, self)._do_collect_metadata()
 
-        regexp = re.compile('^(k|l|x)?ubuntu-desktop$')
+        regexp = re.compile('^(k|l|x)ubuntu-desktop$')
         variant = ""
         for app in self.image.g.inspect_list_applications(self.root):
             match = regexp.match(app['app_name'])
diff --git a/image_creator/version.py b/image_creator/version.py
index aba15301e18d74ae7ced97f1176c1d69846e4cd3..1b458be5d4656ff969c978e8670657eca19a4fa7 100644
--- a/image_creator/version.py
+++ b/image_creator/version.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 
-__version__ = "0.7.1next"
+__version__ = "0.7.3next"
 __version_vcs_info__ = {
     'branch': 'develop',
-    'revid': '38f51b2',
-    'revno': 573}
+    'revid': 'bcce9f1',
+    'revno': 582}
 __version_user_email__ = "skalkoto@grnet.gr"
 __version_user_name__ = "Nikos Skalkotos"
diff --git a/version b/version
index 0006a59a42df60677701b774c99b69423eab5904..5c8b454f233d0010f5df0cf5a63955755d51b672 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.1next
+0.7.3next