diff --git a/.github/issue_template.md b/.github/issue_template.md
index 38e3eec..5c46135 100644
--- a/.github/issue_template.md
+++ b/.github/issue_template.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ A new issue about a bug should be verified with a minimized example.
 
 ###### Environment
 
-- lua-resty-openidc version (e.g. 1.7.0)
+- lua-resty-openidc version (e.g. 1.7.2)
 - OpenID Connect provider (e.g. Keycloak, Azure AD)
 
 ###### Expected behaviour
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cc131c2..e929b8a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ services:
 
 env:
   global:
-    - VERSION=1.7.1-1
+    - VERSION=1.7.2-1
     - NAME=lua-resty-openidc
     - ROCKSPEC=$NAME-$VERSION.rockspec
     - LUAROCKS=2.3.0
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 05bfa70..488c0a4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+07/15/2019
+- release 1.7.2
+
 07/09/2019
 - added unauth_action='deny' to reject unauthenticated requests rather
   than start the authorization code grant flow; see #271; based on
diff --git a/lib/resty/openidc.lua b/lib/resty/openidc.lua
index 4b03775..60755f5 100644
--- a/lib/resty/openidc.lua
+++ b/lib/resty/openidc.lua
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ local supported_token_auth_methods = {
 }
 
 local openidc = {
-  _VERSION = "1.7.1"
+  _VERSION = "1.7.2"
 }
 openidc.__index = openidc
 
diff --git a/lua-resty-openidc-1.7.1-1.rockspec b/lua-resty-openidc-1.7.2-1.rockspec
similarity index 97%
rename from lua-resty-openidc-1.7.1-1.rockspec
rename to lua-resty-openidc-1.7.2-1.rockspec
index b80b68a..d2d4234 100644
--- a/lua-resty-openidc-1.7.1-1.rockspec
+++ b/lua-resty-openidc-1.7.2-1.rockspec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package = "lua-resty-openidc"
-version = "1.7.1-1"
+version = "1.7.2-1"
 source = {
     url = "git://github.com/zmartzone/lua-resty-openidc",
-    tag = "v1.7.1",
+    tag = "v1.7.2",
     dir = "lua-resty-openidc"
 }
 description = {