diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0550f47586b..e2b0f13b1ce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ A [separate changelog is kept for rand_core](rand_core/CHANGELOG.md).
 
 You may also find the [Upgrade Guide](https://rust-random.github.io/book/update.html) useful.
 
+## [0.7.2] - 2019-09-16
+### Fixes
+- Fix dependency on `rand_core` 0.5.1 (#890)
+
+### Additions
+- Unit tests for value stability of distributions added (#888)
+
 ## [0.7.1] - 2019-09-13
 ### Fixes
 - Fix `no_std` behaviour, appropriately enable c2-chacha's `std` feature (#844)
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2611ecb0d13..c1a0fe32a47 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rand"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.7.2"
 authors = ["The Rand Project Developers", "The Rust Project Developers"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
-rand_core = { path = "rand_core", version = "0.5" }
+rand_core = { path = "rand_core", version = "0.5.1" }
 rand_pcg = { path = "rand_pcg", version = "0.2", optional = true }
 # Do not depend on 'getrandom_package' directly; use the 'getrandom' feature!
 # This is a dependency because: we forward wasm feature flags