diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3d2b58546..c443d6859 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-v2.7.2 (2016-XX-XX)
+v2.7.2 (2016-01-22)
 ---------------------------
 * added executeAqlQueryRaw(...). Example src/test/java/com/arangodb/example/document/RawDocumentExample.java
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b2dedf4c5..f15a2ed25 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ To add the driver to your project with maven, add the following code to your pom
   <dependency>
     <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
     <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver</artifactId>
-    <version>2.7.1</version>
+    <version>2.7.2</version>
   </dependency>
 	....
 </dependencies>
 ```
 
-If you want to test with a snapshot version (e.g. 2.7.2-SNAPSHOT), add the staging repository of oss.sonatype.org to your pom.xml:
+If you want to test with a snapshot version (e.g. 2.7.3-SNAPSHOT), add the staging repository of oss.sonatype.org to your pom.xml:
 
 ```XML
 <repositories>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aadb07329..e2486aeb3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
 	<artifactId>arangodb-java-driver</artifactId>
-	<version>2.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.7.2</version>
 	<inceptionYear>2012</inceptionYear>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>