diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index e9814fe72..a7d73f6b9 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 *Bug tracker at https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/issues*
 
+5.7.2
+=====
+
+2020-07-15
+
+**Bug fixes**
+
+- wheels for 2.7 were inadvertently deleted.
+
 5.7.1
 =====
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index be92b7442..80901538c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ download-wheels-github:  ## Download latest wheels hosted on github.
 download-wheels:  ## Download wheels from github and appveyor
 	rm -rf dist
 	${MAKE} download-wheels-appveyor
-	${MAKE} download-wheels-github
+	# ${MAKE} download-wheels-github
 	${MAKE} print-wheels
 
 print-wheels:  ## Print downloaded wheels
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index d9ea8f99f..374aa79d6 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -2507,6 +2507,10 @@ Supported Python versions are 2.6, 2.7, 3.4+ and PyPy3.
 Timeline
 ========
 
+- 2020-07-15:
+  `5.7.2 <https://pypi.org/project/psutil/5.7.2/#files>`__ -
+  `what's new <https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/blob/master/HISTORY.rst#571>`__ -
+  `diff <https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/compare/release-5.7.1...release-5.7.2#files_bucket>`__
 - 2020-07-15:
   `5.7.1 <https://pypi.org/project/psutil/5.7.1/#files>`__ -
   `what's new <https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/blob/master/HISTORY.rst#571>`__ -
diff --git a/psutil/__init__.py b/psutil/__init__.py
index 7fdbc0fc2..d9855dc04 100644
--- a/psutil/__init__.py
+++ b/psutil/__init__.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 
 __all__.extend(_psplatform.__extra__all__)
 __author__ = "Giampaolo Rodola'"
-__version__ = "5.7.1"
+__version__ = "5.7.2"
 version_info = tuple([int(num) for num in __version__.split('.')])
 
 _timer = getattr(time, 'monotonic', time.time)