diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 954c9ffba4..147b7fb220 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 7.1.0
+current_version = 7.2.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(-(?P<stage>[^.]*)\.(?P<devnum>\d+))?
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 78824c121f..beeab7e1a5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 setup(
     name="web3",
     # *IMPORTANT*: Don't manually change the version here. Use `make bump`, as described in readme
-    version="7.1.0",
+    version="7.2.0",
     description="""web3: A Python library for interacting with Ethereum""",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",