diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1b1aa94a0..c86ee0f43 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ repos:
       - id: black
   - repo: local
     hooks:
+    -   id: no-print-in-sources
+        name: Ensure no print() statement appears in fpdf2 sources
+        language: pygrep
+        entry: print\(
+        files: ^fpdf/.*\.py$
+        exclude: fpdf/util.py
     -   id: no-generate-true
         name: Ensure no generate=True is left in a call to assert_pdf_equal()
         language: pygrep
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c07f1bb9..32b60074b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ in order to get warned about deprecated features used in your code.
 
 This can also be enabled programmatically with `warnings.simplefilter('default', DeprecationWarning)`.
 
-## [2.7.3] - Not released yet
+## [2.7.4] - Not released yet
+
+## [2.7.3] - 2023-04-03
+- removed a debug `print()` statement left in `output.py:OutputProducer._add_fonts()` 🤦‍♂️ - A rule was also added to `.pre-commit-config.yaml` to avoid this to happen again.
 
 ## [2.7.2] - 2023-04-03
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/fpdf/fpdf.py b/fpdf/fpdf.py
index 347a1c679..db57f2b18 100644
--- a/fpdf/fpdf.py
+++ b/fpdf/fpdf.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Image:
 )
 
 # Public global variables:
-FPDF_VERSION = "2.7.2"
+FPDF_VERSION = "2.7.3"
 PAGE_FORMATS = {
     "a3": (841.89, 1190.55),
     "a4": (595.28, 841.89),
diff --git a/fpdf/output.py b/fpdf/output.py
index 571c0a6e4..82221e6d0 100644
--- a/fpdf/output.py
+++ b/fpdf/output.py
@@ -580,7 +580,6 @@ def _add_fonts(self):
                 glyph_names = [
                     cmap[unicode] for unicode in uni_to_new_code_char if unicode in cmap
                 ]
-                print(glyph_names)
 
                 missing_glyphs = [
                     chr(unicode)