diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 42d95140..f12bf191 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 =================
 Changes to mtools
 =================
+
+version 1.7.2
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ * mlaunch: mlaunch init --help should not require mongod (#894)
+
 version 1.7.1
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  * mlaunch: Bump PyMongo requirement to 4.0+ (#884)
diff --git a/mtools/version.py b/mtools/version.py
index 818bb914..61b706e6 100644
--- a/mtools/version.py
+++ b/mtools/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """Mtools version."""
 
-__version__ = '1.8.0-dev0'
+__version__ = '1.7.2'