diff --git a/src/readme.html b/src/readme.html
index 820583e4af..2ccaa4a2dd 100644
--- a/src/readme.html
+++ b/src/readme.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <body>
 <h1 id="logo">
 	<a href="http://wordpress.org/"><img alt="WordPress" src="wp-admin/images/wordpress-logo.png" /></a>
-	<br /> Version 3.7
+	<br /> Version 3.7.2
 </h1>
 <p style="text-align: center">Semantic Personal Publishing Platform</p>
 
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/version.php b/src/wp-includes/version.php
index 440c4b26da..fdb4b664c9 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '3.7.1-src';
+$wp_version = '3.7.2-alpha-src';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.
