diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 280b967fb..76056764d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.7.3 (2023-12-06) - `utils/core` crate only
+* Added default deserializer implementations (#233)
+
 ## 0.7.3 (2023-12-01) - `air` crate only
 * Fixed `StarkProof::new_dummy()` constructor (#234).
 
diff --git a/utils/core/Cargo.toml b/utils/core/Cargo.toml
index 53ab59eb6..c73d9c3fb 100644
--- a/utils/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 [package]
 name = "winter-utils"
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.7.3"
 description = "Utilities for the Winterfell STARK prover/verifier"
 authors = ["winterfell contributors"]
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/novifinancial/winterfell"
-documentation = "https://docs.rs/winter-utils/0.7.2"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/winter-utils/0.7.3"
 categories = ["cryptography", "no-std"]
 keywords = ["serialization", "transmute"]
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/utils/core/src/serde/byte_reader.rs b/utils/core/src/serde/byte_reader.rs
index 83851d76a..2ca668b56 100644
--- a/utils/core/src/serde/byte_reader.rs
+++ b/utils/core/src/serde/byte_reader.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub trait ByteReader {
     fn peek_u8(&self) -> Result<u8, DeserializationError>;
 
     /// Returns a slice of bytes of the specified length read from `self`.
-    /// 
+    ///
     /// # Errors
     /// Returns a [DeserializationError] if a slice of the specified length could not be read
     /// from `self`.
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ pub trait ByteReader {
     }
 
     /// Returns a String of the specified length read from `self`.
-    /// 
+    ///
     /// # Errors
     /// Returns a [DeserializationError] if a String of the specified length could not be read
     /// from `self`.