diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index be1721f7..41e3811d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [7.2.0] - 2024-12-09
+
 ### Added
 - CLI option `--convert-mapping` to convert your existing R2RML and older RML mappings 
 to the latest version by the W3C Community Group.
@@ -761,6 +763,7 @@ and [169](https://gitlab.ilabt.imec.be/rml/proc/rmlmapper-java/-/issues/169))
 - support for accessing remote files (via HTTP GET)
 - basic support for functions
 
+[7.2.0]: https://github.com/RMLio/rmlmapper-java/compare/v7.1.2...v7.2.0
 [7.1.2]: https://github.com/RMLio/rmlmapper-java/compare/v7.1.1...v7.1.2
 [7.1.1]: https://github.com/RMLio/rmlmapper-java/compare/v7.1.0...v7.1.1
 [7.1.0]: https://github.com/RMLio/rmlmapper-java/compare/v7.0.0...v7.1.0
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c421b664..d90ec0ce 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <groupId>be.ugent.rml</groupId>
     <artifactId>rmlmapper</artifactId>
     <name>RMLMapper</name>
-    <version>7.1.2</version>
+    <version>7.2.0</version>
     <description>
         The RMLMapper executes RML rules to generate high quality Linked Data from multiple originally (semi-)structured data sources.
     </description>