diff --git a/rclpy/CHANGELOG.rst b/rclpy/CHANGELOG.rst
index 5c2702ded..d48a5536a 100644
--- a/rclpy/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/rclpy/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Changelog for package rclpy
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Forthcoming
------------
+7.2.0 (2024-04-26)
+------------------
 
 7.1.1 (2024-04-16)
 ------------------
diff --git a/rclpy/package.xml b/rclpy/package.xml
index b913358f4..ff75668f0 100644
--- a/rclpy/package.xml
+++ b/rclpy/package.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format2.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="2">
   <name>rclpy</name>
-  <version>7.1.1</version>
+  <version>7.2.0</version>
   <description>Package containing the Python client.</description>
 
   <maintainer email="sloretz@openrobotics.org">Shane Loretz</maintainer>