diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ed905505..4fa20d49 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+Version 7.2.0 Released Oct 2023
+===============================
+- Fix for sparse solve with MAGMA with 1 MPI rank
+- suppress several warnings
+- small bugfix in BLR partitioning in sparse solver
+- SYCL CMake compilation fix
+- In StructuredMatrix interface, construct_from_elements now takes
+  point geometry for faster HSS compression
+- In StructuredMatrix interface, BLR compress_and_factor is now
+  supported
+
 Version 7.1.4 Released Aug 2023
 ===============================
 - Memory leak fix from MPI_Datatypes
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bda001f2..55f0cebd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.21)
-project(STRUMPACK VERSION 7.1.4 LANGUAGES CXX C Fortran)
+project(STRUMPACK VERSION 7.2.0 LANGUAGES CXX C Fortran)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0074 NEW)
 
 option(STRUMPACK_USE_MPI     "Build with MPI support" ON)
@@ -532,25 +532,6 @@ if(TPL_ENABLE_COMBBLAS)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-# if(STRUMPACK_USE_HIP)
-#   set_source_files_properties(
-#     src/sparse/fronts/FrontalMatrixHIP.hip.cpp
-#     src/dense/HIPWrapper.hip.cpp
-#     PROPERTIES HIP_SOURCE_PROPERTY_FORMAT 1)
-#   if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-#     set(STATIC_OR_SHARED SHARED)
-#   else()
-#     set(STATIC_OR_SHARED STATIC)
-#   endif()
-#   hip_add_library(
-#     strumpack
-#     src/sparse/fronts/FrontalMatrixHIP.hip.cpp
-#     src/dense/HIPWrapper.hip.cpp
-#     ${STATIC_OR_SHARED})
-# else()
-#   add_library(strumpack "")
-# endif()
-
 add_library(strumpack "")
 
 # this is to fix a link issue for the fortran example when compiling
diff --git a/src/sparse/fronts/CMakeLists.txt b/src/sparse/fronts/CMakeLists.txt
index a9687dd6..4ab3256c 100644
--- a/src/sparse/fronts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/sparse/fronts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ if(STRUMPACK_USE_CUDA)
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/FrontalMatrixCUDA.cu)
 endif()
 
-if(STRUMPACK_USE_HIP)
-  ## this needs to be added to hip_add_library directly
-  # target_sources(strumpack PRIVATE
-  #   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/FrontalMatrixHIP.hip.cpp)
-endif()
-
 if(STRUMPACK_USE_SYCL)
   target_sources(strumpack PRIVATE
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/FrontSYCL.cpp