diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index baa8ce42..9c2e15bd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
 
-project(SPERR VERSION 0.7.1 DESCRIPTION "Lossy Scientific Compression with SPERR")
+project(SPERR VERSION 0.7.2 DESCRIPTION "Lossy Scientific Compression with SPERR")
 
 #
 # specify the C++ standard