diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9573f80..3a4487c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -187,3 +187,6 @@
 - Fix bare variable issue
 - Fix custom scripts
 
+## v1.7.3
+
+- Fix more bare variable issues
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 4fc140e..46d9e7d 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     dest: "{{ hubot_dir }}/scripts/{{ item }}"
     owner: "{{ hubot_admin }}"
     mode: "0644"
-  with_items: hubot_custom_scripts
+  with_items: "{{ hubot_custom_scripts }}"
   when: hubot_custom_scripts is defined
   notify:
     - restart hubot
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 - name: Install hubot external git scripts
   become: False
   git: "repo={{ item.repo_url }} version={{ item.version | default('master') }} dest={{ hubot_dir }}/node_modules/{{ item.name }}"
-  with_items: hubot_external_git_scripts
+  with_items: "{{ hubot_external_git_scripts }}"
   when: hubot_external_git_scripts is defined
   notify:
     - restart hubot
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 3b34d22..5f152d8 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.7.2
+v1.7.3