diff --git a/slixmpp/version.py b/slixmpp/version.py
index 819f742a..dd6f98d0 100644
--- a/slixmpp/version.py
+++ b/slixmpp/version.py
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
 # We don't want to have to import the entire library
 # just to get the version info for setup.py
 
-__version__ = '1.7.1'
-__version_info__ = (1, 7, 1)
+__version__ = '1.7.2'
+__version_info__ = (1, 7, 2)