diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index e55e613..afb1c92 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release Notes
 
-## XMLUnit.NET 2.7.2 - /not released, yet/
+## XMLUnit.NET 2.7.2 - /Released 2020-03-08/
 
 * the XPath values for comparisons resulting in `CHILD_LOOKUP`
   differences could be wrong when `NodeFilter`s were present.
diff --git a/src/doc/monodoc/core/index.xml b/src/doc/monodoc/core/index.xml
index 097c307..ca9ce37 100644
--- a/src/doc/monodoc/core/index.xml
+++ b/src/doc/monodoc/core/index.xml
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@
       under <format type="text/html"><a href="https://github.com/xmlunit/xmlunit.net/blob/master/LICENSE">the
       Apache License, Version 2.0</a></format>.</para></Remarks>
   <Copyright></Copyright>
-  <Title>XMLUnit.NET 2.7.2-alpha-01</Title>
+  <Title>XMLUnit.NET 2.7.2</Title>
 </Overview>
diff --git a/src/shared/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs b/src/shared/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs
index 1216304..929ebb8 100644
--- a/src/shared/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/shared/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Org.XmlUnit
     internal static class XmlUnitVersion
     {
         internal const string ApiVersion = "2.7.2";
-        internal const string AssemblyVersion = ApiVersion + ".176";
-        internal const string Version = ApiVersion + "-alpha-01";
+        internal const string AssemblyVersion = ApiVersion + ".178";
+        internal const string Version = ApiVersion;
     } 
 }