diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8fc95fe43..ae3a27fa2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.71.0"
+version = "1.72.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term",
  "anyhow",
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.71.0"
+version = "1.72.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-std",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0caa91d4a..adb060993 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.71.0"
+version = "1.72.0"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index d618bf99e..06b74d695 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.71.0"
+version = "1.72.0"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"