diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 9e0f05d94ba3d17287262bde3d1671a0dfb50fc5..6b1f4192b5ce3978b4e05a3ed4a4659642224fe6 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ History
 .. to_doc
 
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-0.7.2.dev0
+0.7.2 (2016-08-31)
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 * Fix bug causing loops on in response to preprocessing error conditions.
diff --git a/pulsar/__init__.py b/pulsar/__init__.py
index 5566bb683dc98e486d1a4f0f76970ab5effedd84..7d0f01ae0cbbf6b852dd4042f09ebed6562974ef 100644
--- a/pulsar/__init__.py
+++ b/pulsar/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-__version__ = '0.7.2.dev0'
+__version__ = '0.7.2'
 
 PROJECT_NAME = "pulsar"
 PROJECT_OWNER = PROJECT_USERAME = "galaxyproject"