diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d0c210d2fbbedf38e96dc79663a9a2f5540beb7f..cb3ee2a8abb1b893bf91b02ed844753d370a0ced 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Specify the required version of CMake.
 # cmake 3.10 required for ctest/gtest integration
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
-project(ale VERSION 0.6.5 DESCRIPTION "Abstraction Library for Ephemerides ")
+project(ale VERSION 0.7.2 DESCRIPTION "Abstraction Library for Ephemerides ")
 
 # include what we need
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9e89c99f0e96f4368039aa6cac80a1b8b276a85b..abf3bfcdebe0f87e4175172e9c59d43c135e3234 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import sys
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 NAME = "Ale"
-VERSION = "0.6.5"
+VERSION = "0.7.2"
 
 # To install the library, run the following
 #