diff --git a/docs/source/release-notes/7.2.0.rst b/docs/source/release-notes/7.2.0.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe124d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/release-notes/7.2.0.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+7.2.0 -- 2025-03-29
+-------------------
+
+You can view the `7.2.0 milestone`_ on GitHub for more details.
+
+New Dependency Information
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- pycodestyle has been updated to >= 2.13.0, < 2.14.0 (See also :pull:`1974`).
+- pyflakes has been updated to >= 3.3.0, < 3.4.0 (See also :pull:`1974`).
+
+Features
+~~~~~~~~
+
+- Require python >= 3.9 (See also :pull:`1973`).
+
+.. all links
+.. _7.2.0 milestone:
+    https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8/milestone/53
diff --git a/docs/source/release-notes/index.rst b/docs/source/release-notes/index.rst
index 2145179..a4d8bfc 100644
--- a/docs/source/release-notes/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/release-notes/index.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ with the newest releases first.
    7.1.0
    7.1.1
    7.1.2
+   7.2.0
 
 6.x Release Series
 ==================
diff --git a/src/flake8/__init__.py b/src/flake8/__init__.py
index 0345499..cf91f8b 100644
--- a/src/flake8/__init__.py
+++ b/src/flake8/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import sys
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 LOG.addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
 
-__version__ = "7.1.2"
+__version__ = "7.2.0"
 __version_info__ = tuple(int(i) for i in __version__.split(".") if i.isdigit())
 
 _VERBOSITY_TO_LOG_LEVEL = {