diff --git a/IPython/core/release.py b/IPython/core/release.py
index 80860f61f4d..01590a99f5a 100644
--- a/IPython/core/release.py
+++ b/IPython/core/release.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # version
 _version_major = 4
 _version_minor = 0
-_version_patch = 1
+_version_patch = 2
 # _version_extra = 'dev'
 # _version_extra = 'rc1'
 _version_extra = ''  # Uncomment this for full releases