diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: pak
 Title: Another Approach to Package Installation
-Version: 0.7.1.9000
+Version: 0.7.2
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Gábor", "Csárdi", , "csardi.gabor@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Jim", "Hester", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# pak (development version)
+# pak 0.7.2
 
 * pak now supports using parameters for all packages with the
   `*=?<param>` form. E.g. `*=?source` installs all packages from source.