diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index abaed301..6ba95873 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ncmpcpp-0.7.2 (????-??-??)
+ncmpcpp-0.7.2 (2016-01-16)
 * Attempt to add non-song item to playlist from search engine doesn't trigger assertion failure anymore.
 * Fetching lyrics from metrolyrics.com was fixed.
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0f730dc3..450b7364 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_INIT(configure.ac)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.7.2_dev)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.7.2)
 
 m4_include([m4/ax_lib_readline.m4])