diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8f3bc9..3aba1e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-# dev
+# 1.7.3
 - Add method to get a point cloud origin
+
 # 1.7.2
 - Add possibility to select extra dimensions to keep in standardization
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9c6be14..106185d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 FROM mambaorg/micromamba:latest as mamba_pdal
 COPY environment.yml /environment.yml
+# Using USER root seems to fix permission issues when building mamba environment with pip packages
+USER root
 RUN micromamba env create -n pdaltools -f /environment.yml
 
 
diff --git a/pdaltools/_version.py b/pdaltools/_version.py
index cbeb93c..d868670 100644
--- a/pdaltools/_version.py
+++ b/pdaltools/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "1.7.2"
+__version__ = "1.7.3"
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":