diff --git a/docs/release-notes-v0.7.2-beta.md b/docs/release-notes-v0.7.2-beta.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09a10d33b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release-notes-v0.7.2-beta.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Pool v0.7.2-beta
+
+In this release, we bump the Pool version to v0.7.2-beta. This release
+continues to use Go 1.27.3.
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 763a1ae12..30753db75 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const semanticAlphabet = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqr
 const (
 	appMajor uint = 0
 	appMinor uint = 7
-	appPatch uint = 1
+	appPatch uint = 2
 
 	// appPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet per
 	// the semantic versioning spec.