diff --git a/Lib/defcon/__init__.py b/Lib/defcon/__init__.py
index 012dad4e..ccfb0743 100644
--- a/Lib/defcon/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/defcon/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 of font development tools. This works on UFO files.
 """
 from __future__ import absolute_import
-version = __version__ = "0.7.1"
+version = __version__ = "0.7.2"
 
 from defcon.errors import DefconError
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 67ca9e46..84ffd12d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.7.1
+current_version = 0.7.2
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 52257997..5c57896f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 setup_params = dict(
     name="defcon",
-    version="0.7.1",
+    version="0.7.2",
     description="A set of flexible objects for representing UFO data.",
     long_description=long_description,
     author="Tal Leming",