diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4b49d9bb63..468c41f93c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.2.0
\ No newline at end of file
+7.2.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bittensor/__init__.py b/bittensor/__init__.py
index 7cb37ef0d0..2a68957e9b 100644
--- a/bittensor/__init__.py
+++ b/bittensor/__init__.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 
 # Bittensor code and protocol version.
-__version__ = "7.2.0"
+__version__ = "7.2.1"
 
 _version_split = __version__.split(".")
 __version_info__ = tuple(int(part) for part in _version_split)