diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 68a72aa..42b7b63 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-picosnitch (0.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
+picosnitch (0.7.2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * create deb package, see releases on github for full changes
 
diff --git a/picosnitch.py b/picosnitch.py
index 6b42dee..5b7d126 100755
--- a/picosnitch.py
+++ b/picosnitch.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 import psutil
 
 # set constants and RLIMIT_NOFILE if configured
-VERSION: typing.Final[str] = "0.7.1"
+VERSION: typing.Final[str] = "0.7.2"
 PAGE_CNT: typing.Final[int] = 8
 if sys.platform.startswith("linux") and os.getuid() == 0 and (os.getenv("SUDO_UID") or os.getenv("SUDO_USER")):
     if os.getenv("SUDO_USER"):