diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 38fc8b2a7..5cee369dd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sun Aug 29 22:37:00 2004  Jonathan Blandford  <jrb@gnome.org>
+
+	* configure.in: post release bump.
+
 Sun Aug 29 21:55:09 2004  Jonathan Blandford  <jrb@gnome.org>
 
 	* NEWS: Release 2.7.1
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7b8c86b5e..4d0d16996 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AC_INIT(control-center)
 
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(control-center, 2.7.1)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(control-center, 2.7.2)
 
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE