diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 3fe0558e4da25a8e7084c4cc07701aed6985501a..254a4c826e1604207563a284e8e38232afcac6fc 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.7.1
+current_version = 1.7.2
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/scrapy/VERSION b/scrapy/VERSION
index 943f9cbc4ec7ee28e6febd1d4451df4c39bcb193..f8a696c8dc56436062b4d179d96c78cbbbb718d7 100644
--- a/scrapy/VERSION
+++ b/scrapy/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.1
+1.7.2