diff --git a/.github/issue_template.md b/.github/issue_template.md
index 63c9a49..11efd3e 100644
--- a/.github/issue_template.md
+++ b/.github/issue_template.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ A new issue about a bug should be verified with a minimized example.
 
 ###### Environment
 
-- lua-resty-openidc version (e.g. 1.7.3)
+- lua-resty-openidc version (e.g. 1.7.4)
 - OpenID Connect provider (e.g. Keycloak, Azure AD)
 
 ###### Expected behaviour
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index faa9542..df5536e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ services:
 
 env:
   global:
-    - VERSION=1.7.3-1
+    - VERSION=1.7.4-1
     - NAME=lua-resty-openidc
     - ROCKSPEC=$NAME-$VERSION.rockspec
     - LUAROCKS=2.3.0
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 094b224..e10f54b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 - changed dependency on lua-resty-jwt to allow newer versions in
   luarocks packaging; see #363, #366, #362;
   thanks to @Darguelles and @kayano
+- release 1.7.4
 
 09/20/2020
 - release 1.7.3
diff --git a/lib/resty/openidc.lua b/lib/resty/openidc.lua
index 9bd4551..2e794e0 100644
--- a/lib/resty/openidc.lua
+++ b/lib/resty/openidc.lua
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ local supported_token_auth_methods = {
 }
 
 local openidc = {
-  _VERSION = "1.7.3"
+  _VERSION = "1.7.4"
 }
 openidc.__index = openidc
 
diff --git a/lua-resty-openidc-1.7.3-1.rockspec b/lua-resty-openidc-1.7.4-1.rockspec
similarity index 97%
rename from lua-resty-openidc-1.7.3-1.rockspec
rename to lua-resty-openidc-1.7.4-1.rockspec
index f2d63ce..b36bc63 100644
--- a/lua-resty-openidc-1.7.3-1.rockspec
+++ b/lua-resty-openidc-1.7.4-1.rockspec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package = "lua-resty-openidc"
-version = "1.7.3-1"
+version = "1.7.4-1"
 source = {
     url = "git://github.com/zmartzone/lua-resty-openidc",
-    tag = "v1.7.3",
+    tag = "v1.7.4",
     dir = "lua-resty-openidc"
 }
 description = {