diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 2955290b6a..d449bb13f5 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ authors:
   -
     name: "The Manim Community Developers"
 cff-version: "1.2.0"
-date-released: 2022-12-08
+date-released: 2022-12-26
 license: MIT
 message: "We acknowledge the importance of good software to support research, and we note that research becomes more valuable when it is communicated effectively. To demonstrate the value of Manim, we ask that you cite Manim in your work."
 title: Manim – Mathematical Animation Framework
 url: "https://www.manim.community/"
-version: "v0.17.1"
+version: "v0.17.2"
 ...
diff --git a/docs/source/changelog.rst b/docs/source/changelog.rst
index 97f58135b2..c98396caef 100644
--- a/docs/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/source/changelog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Changelog
 
 .. toctree::
 
+    changelog/0.17.2-changelog
     changelog/0.17.1-changelog
     changelog/0.17.0-changelog
     changelog/0.16.0-changelog
diff --git a/docs/source/changelog/0.17.2-changelog.rst b/docs/source/changelog/0.17.2-changelog.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..633f6cb46e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/changelog/0.17.2-changelog.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+*******
+v0.17.2
+*******
+
+:Date: December 26, 2022
+
+Contributors
+============
+
+A total of 5 people contributed to this
+release. People with a '+' by their names authored a patch for the first
+time.
+
+* CaftBotti +
+* Tristan Schulz
+* lgtm-com[bot] +
+
+
+The patches included in this release have been reviewed by
+the following contributors.
+
+* Benjamin Hackl
+* Naveen M K
+* Tristan Schulz
+
+Pull requests merged
+====================
+
+A total of 7 pull requests were merged for this release.
+
+Fixed bugs
+----------
+
+* :pr:`3089`: Fixed OpenGL mobjects like :class:`.Surface` by reordering init calls
+
+
+Documentation-related changes
+-----------------------------
+
+* :pr:`3073`: Fixed typo: "Whetherer" to "Whether"
+
+
+* :pr:`3074`: Fixed typo in a comment
+
+
+Code quality improvements and similar refactors
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+* :pr:`3024`: Add CodeQL workflow for GitHub code scanning
+
+
+* :pr:`3079`: Updated CI syntax for runner version >= 2.298.2
+
+
+* :pr:`3084`: Properly setup CodeQL
+
+
+New releases
+------------
+
+* :pr:`3090`: Prepared new Hotfix Release: ``v0.17.2``
diff --git a/manim/mobject/graphing/number_line.py b/manim/mobject/graphing/number_line.py
index bae4c89940..db7a1afd89 100644
--- a/manim/mobject/graphing/number_line.py
+++ b/manim/mobject/graphing/number_line.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def __init__(
                 "num_decimal_places": self._decimal_places_from_step(x_range[2]),
             }
 
-        # turn into a np array to scale by just applying the function
+        # turn into a NumPy array to scale by just applying the function
         self.x_range = np.array(x_range, dtype=float)
         self.x_min, self.x_max, self.x_step = scaling.function(self.x_range)
         self.length = length
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c327c8f061..d8e4491d87 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "manim"
-version = "0.17.1"
+version = "0.17.2"
 description = "Animation engine for explanatory math videos."
 authors = ["The Manim Community Developers <contact@manim.community>", "3b1b <grant@3blue1brown.com>"]
 license="MIT"