diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index 1de09294e..1f48ffbe2 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-.. rubric:: Development version
+.. rubric:: Version 1.7.2
 
 - Add progress reports to mcdump
 - Add ability to pass ``-`` as filename to mcdump to skip file writing.
diff --git a/spead2/_version.py b/spead2/_version.py
index 3c1e9cbd3..1db13ec2a 100644
--- a/spead2/_version.py
+++ b/spead2/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.7.1"
+__version__ = "1.7.2"