diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f51cc9d002779..c4871ea144d53 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+mongodb (1.7.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * sharding lots of changes
+  * replica_sets lots of changes
+  * see http://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER/fixforversion/10194
+
+ -- Richard Kreuter <richard@10gen.com>  Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:56:28 -0500
+
 mongodb (1.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * sharding lots of changes
diff --git a/doxygenConfig b/doxygenConfig
index 03a06b1aeb5d8..9c68b4b8fa06f 100644
--- a/doxygenConfig
+++ b/doxygenConfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DOXYFILE_ENCODING      = UTF-8
 PROJECT_NAME           = MongoDB
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.7.2-pre-
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.7.2
 OUTPUT_DIRECTORY       = docs/doxygen
 CREATE_SUBDIRS         = NO
 OUTPUT_LANGUAGE        = English
diff --git a/rpm/mongo.spec b/rpm/mongo.spec
index a75978bd3922f..5e3cdc0622f8c 100644
--- a/rpm/mongo.spec
+++ b/rpm/mongo.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: mongo
-Version: 1.7.1
+Version: 1.7.2
 Release: mongodb_1%{?dist}
 Summary: mongo client shell and tools
 License: AGPL 3.0
diff --git a/util/version.cpp b/util/version.cpp
index 6a57e910ddceb..f699d9722f4a8 100644
--- a/util/version.cpp
+++ b/util/version.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace mongo {
     // mongo processes version support
     //
 
-    const char versionString[] = "1.7.2-pre-";
+    const char versionString[] = "1.7.2";
 
     string mongodVersion() {
         stringstream ss;