diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 9bc6c30a1..7deff578a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ jobs:
             git config --global user.email $GITHUB_USER_EMAIL
             git config --global user.name $GITHUB_USER_NAME
             git checkout published
-            git merge origin/dev --no-ff -m "Merge branch 'origin/dev' into published [skip ci]"
+            git merge origin/dev
             git push origin HEAD
   deploy-docs:
     docker:
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 34e89a8da..d193ed4b7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "name": "calva",
-    "version": "2.0.171",
+    "version": "2.0.173",
     "lockfileVersion": 2,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
-            "version": "2.0.171",
+            "version": "2.0.173",
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@types/escape-html": "0.0.20",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d6e9c9cf..18475f585 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "displayName": "Calva: Clojure & ClojureScript Interactive Programming",
     "description": "Integrated REPL, formatter, Paredit, and more. Powered by cider-nrepl and clojure-lsp.",
     "icon": "assets/calva.png",
-    "version": "2.0.171",
+    "version": "2.0.173",
     "publisher": "betterthantomorrow",
     "author": {
         "name": "Better Than Tomorrow",