diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 955dcf9b..d7440306 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.7.1-rc1 20701010
+2.7.2-rc0 20702000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index d66ec02d..665f3e68 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=2
 project.versioning.minor=7
-project.versioning.patch=1
-project.versioning.build=1
+project.versioning.patch=2
+project.versioning.build=0
 #############################