diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c876db38df8..dcc03844db0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug #76335 ("link(): Bad file descriptor" with non-ASCII path).
     (Anatol)
 
-?? ??? 2018, PHP 7.2.6
+24 May 2018, PHP 7.2.6
 
 - EXIF:
   . Fixed bug #76164 (exif_read_data zend_mm_heap corrupted). (cmb)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 16c3514fc4b..b079b72a21d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ int zend_sprintf(char *buffer, const char *format, ...);
 
 PHP_MAJOR_VERSION=7
 PHP_MINOR_VERSION=2
-PHP_RELEASE_VERSION=6
+PHP_RELEASE_VERSION=7
 PHP_EXTRA_VERSION="-dev"
 PHP_VERSION="$PHP_MAJOR_VERSION.$PHP_MINOR_VERSION.$PHP_RELEASE_VERSION$PHP_EXTRA_VERSION"
 PHP_VERSION_ID=`expr [$]PHP_MAJOR_VERSION \* 10000 + [$]PHP_MINOR_VERSION \* 100 + [$]PHP_RELEASE_VERSION`
diff --git a/main/php_version.h b/main/php_version.h
index 61ac913dc1a..604a1759ad2 100644
--- a/main/php_version.h
+++ b/main/php_version.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* edit configure.ac to change version number */
 #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 7
 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 2
-#define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 6
+#define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 7
 #define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION "7.2.6-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION_ID 70206
+#define PHP_VERSION "7.2.7-dev"
+#define PHP_VERSION_ID 70207