diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index dd5e8879c548..62a1748eaade 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+1.7.2 - 2017-01-27
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Updated Windows and macOS wheels to be compiled against OpenSSL 1.0.2k.
+
 1.7.1 - 2016-12-13
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/src/cryptography/__about__.py b/src/cryptography/__about__.py
index dd4e5e6ff6e3..33f30d8955c8 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/__about__.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/__about__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
                " and primitives to Python developers.")
 __uri__ = "https://github.com/pyca/cryptography"
 
-__version__ = "1.7.1"
+__version__ = "1.7.2"
 
 __author__ = "The cryptography developers"
 __email__ = "cryptography-dev@python.org"
diff --git a/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py b/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
index 72dd19b0f6e5..16f47e0fb686 100644
--- a/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
+++ b/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 __uri__ = "https://github.com/pyca/cryptography"
 
-__version__ = "1.7.1"
+__version__ = "1.7.2"
 
 __author__ = "The cryptography developers"
 __email__ = "cryptography-dev@python.org"