diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2280d0983..6242ee5c3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 1.7.2
+Monday, December 4, 2017
+====================================
+
+- Optimize hb_set_add_range().
+- Misc fixes.
+- New API:
+hb_coretext_font_create()
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.7.1
 Tuesday, November 14, 2017
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9fe348905..6d8b5779b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [1.7.1],
+        [1.7.2],
         [https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])