diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 486c1c369c..6254b96778 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 71.1.0
+current_version = 72.0.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 9fbcf41427..fe753cfee7 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+v72.0.0
+=======
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- The test command has been removed. Users relying on 'setup.py test' will need to migrate to another test runner or pin setuptools before this version. (#931)
+
+
 v71.1.0
 =======
 
diff --git a/newsfragments/931.removal.rst b/newsfragments/931.removal.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index cffc7456d5..0000000000
--- a/newsfragments/931.removal.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-The test command has been removed. Users relying on 'setup.py test' will need to migrate to another test runner or pin setuptools before this version.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 41889d9854..10aa918d9a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ backend-path = ["."]
 
 [project]
 name = "setuptools"
-version = "71.1.0"
+version = "72.0.0"
 authors = [
 	{ name = "Python Packaging Authority", email = "distutils-sig@python.org" },
 ]