diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d345728f84fcb680ddbd0d9f461fbda501445a7..ea204e465db036bea2d62c96b5fdd1cadc1d1444 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Upcoming version:
 -----------------
+  - updating base box to centos 7.3 (Nikolaus Krismer)
   - updating geoserver to latest version (Nikolaus Krismer)
 
 Version v0.8.1:
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index c2660effe3ffbd27ae1812f99c600cea6ead5465..363e2252b5198df7f3766452bb6e420fee790171 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
   config.cache.enable :yum
 
   # Information about the box itself (name from vagrantcloud)
-  config.vm.box = "box-cutter/centos72"
+  config.vm.box = "box-cutter/centos73"
 
   # Setup of shared folders
   config.vm.synced_folder "conf", "/setup/conf"