diff --git a/meta/conf/sanity.conf b/meta/conf/sanity.conf
index c3e6c5179c..d2f56a3fb0 100644
--- a/meta/conf/sanity.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/sanity.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # See sanity.bbclass
 #
 # Expert users can confirm their sanity with "touch conf/sanity.conf"
-BB_MIN_VERSION = "2.7.2"
+BB_MIN_VERSION = "2.7.3"
 
 SANITY_ABIFILE = "${TMPDIR}/abi_version"