diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 6ec3e326..16c58b10 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -9984,7 +9984,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   version numbering. Version numbers are simply counted upwards, with each of the three
   parts ("version", "major", "minor") always being a single digit, and '0' being skipped.
 
-2024-09-27:
+2024-09-27: Version 2.7.2
 
 - Fix for compilers that don't like non-constant format strings (thanks to Stefan Hofmann).
 - Deprecated code is now marked with [[deprecated]] to issue a compile time warning when
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 25b84242..6525ba13 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: config.h 5.22 2024/09/19 20:21:58 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: config.h 5.23 2024/09/27 09:15:33 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __CONFIG_H
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 
 // VDR's own version number:
 
-#define VDRVERSION  "2.7.1"
-#define VDRVERSNUM   20701  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
+#define VDRVERSION  "2.7.2"
+#define VDRVERSNUM   20702  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
 
 // The plugin API's version number: