diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index e40cb98a..68c2265a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ Changelog
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+1.7.2 (2021-11-01)
+==================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Changed call in ``with_port()`` to stop reencoding parts of the URL that were already encoded. (`#623 <https://github.com/aio-libs/yarl/issues/623>`_)
+
+
 1.7.1 (2021-10-07)
 ==================
 
diff --git a/CHANGES/623.bugfix.rst b/CHANGES/623.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index fb2d39d6..00000000
--- a/CHANGES/623.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Changed call in ``with_port()`` to stop reencoding parts of the URL that were already encoded.
diff --git a/yarl/__init__.py b/yarl/__init__.py
index 83e00c87..8f617b0f 100644
--- a/yarl/__init__.py
+++ b/yarl/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from ._url import URL, cache_clear, cache_configure, cache_info
 
-__version__ = "1.7.1"
+__version__ = "1.7.2"
 
 __all__ = ("URL", "cache_clear", "cache_configure", "cache_info")