diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1dfc87b68b..741d16003f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ maintainers = [
 name = "litestar"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8,<4.0"
-version = "2.7.1"
+version = "2.7.2"
 
 [project.urls]
 Blog = "https://blog.litestar.dev"