diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d9f67041..0a85c4ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,24 @@ All notable changes to mega-evm are recorded here, newest first.
 Entries are generated by the release flow from merged PR titles.
 Fix wording in the release candidate PR while it is open, or, after it merges, by a PR onto the release branch before settlement is dispatched.
 
-## v1.7.1 (unreleased)
+## v1.7.2
+
+### Fixes
+
+- evm: load L1 block info for transactions at block 0 ([#392](https://github.com/megaeth-labs/mega-evm/pull/392))
+
+### CI
+
+- actions: split claude pr-review concurrency queues ([#384](https://github.com/megaeth-labs/mega-evm/pull/384))
+- claude: let a rewritten comment drive the reconcile round ([#383](https://github.com/megaeth-labs/mega-evm/pull/383))
+- release: accept a base_commit on the release candidate ([#382](https://github.com/megaeth-labs/mega-evm/pull/382))
+- release: rely on the release environment alone (settlers: any) ([#381](https://github.com/megaeth-labs/mega-evm/pull/381))
+- claude: mint the app token from MEGA_MAXWELL_PK ([#380](https://github.com/megaeth-labs/mega-evm/pull/380))
+- release: settle directly, gated by the `release` environment ([#379](https://github.com/megaeth-labs/mega-evm/pull/379))
+- release: concurrency groups; shared verify-version action for mega-evme ([#378](https://github.com/megaeth-labs/mega-evm/pull/378))
+- on-release: read publish credentials from the publish environment ([#377](https://github.com/megaeth-labs/mega-evm/pull/377))
+
+## v1.7.1 (2026-09-08)
 
 ### Features
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2b72f2d8..5d2a92ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2957,7 +2957,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mega-evm"
-version = "1.7.1"
+version = "1.7.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-eips",
@@ -2993,7 +2993,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mega-evme"
-version = "1.7.1"
+version = "1.7.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-eips",
@@ -3032,7 +3032,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mega-state-test"
-version = "1.7.1"
+version = "1.7.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-eips",
  "alloy-primitives",
@@ -3052,7 +3052,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mega-system-contracts"
-version = "1.7.1"
+version = "1.7.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-primitives",
  "alloy-sol-types",
@@ -3063,7 +3063,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mega-t8n"
-version = "1.7.1"
+version = "1.7.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
  "alloy-primitives",
@@ -5218,7 +5218,7 @@ checksum = "6ce2be8dc25455e1f91df71bfa12ad37d7af1092ae736f3a6cd0e37bc7810596"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "state-test"
-version = "1.7.1"
+version = "1.7.2"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "mega-evm",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d76c6050..f66ef731 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ exclude = []
 # https://doc.rust-lang.org/edition-guide/rust-2021/default-cargo-resolver.html
 resolver = "2"
 [workspace.package]
-version = "1.7.1"
+version = "1.7.2"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.91"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ too_long_first_doc_paragraph = "allow"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 # megaeth
-mega-evm = { path = "./crates/mega-evm", version = "1.7.1", default-features = false }
-mega-state-test = { path = "./crates/mega-state-test", version = "1.7.1", default-features = false }
-mega-system-contracts = { path = "./crates/system-contracts", version = "1.7.1", default-features = false }
+mega-evm = { path = "./crates/mega-evm", version = "1.7.2", default-features = false }
+mega-state-test = { path = "./crates/mega-state-test", version = "1.7.2", default-features = false }
+mega-system-contracts = { path = "./crates/system-contracts", version = "1.7.2", default-features = false }
 
 # revm
 op-revm = { version = "8.1.0", default-features = false }