diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e1e181265..8bd7f6e02f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 0.7.2 (UNRELEASED)
+## 0.7.2 (December 19, 2016)
 
 FEATURES:
 
diff --git a/version/version_base.go b/version/version_base.go
index 2b7d4e4af1..d4f70bce8e 100644
--- a/version/version_base.go
+++ b/version/version_base.go
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ func init() {
 	// A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 	// such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-	VersionPrerelease = "rc1"
+	VersionPrerelease = ""
 }