diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 37793bad3..74724b0f6 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -87,17 +87,13 @@ Following warning is expected until [Jekyll](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/is
 - Make changes to the Gradle plugin and add tests
 - Verify with `gradle detekt`
 
-### Release checklist
-
-- add changes in CHANGELOG.md -> `groovy github-milestone-report.groovy arturbosch detekt [milestone-number]`
-- migrations expected? -> Add `Migration` sub-section
-- important non-breaking changes? Add `Notable Changes` sub-section
-- all new contributors mentioned? -> README.md>Contributors, Update `all contributors`-Badge
-
-#### Releasing process
+### Release process
 
+- `groovy scripts/github-milestone-report.groovy` - creates changelog
 - Increment `detektVersion` in `gradle.properties`
-- `gradle build publishToMavenLocal`
-- Increment version of the Gradle Plugin
-- `gradle bU` - uploads artifacts to Bintray
-- `gradle pluPub` - uploads the Gradle Plugin to the Plugin Repositories
+- `gradle build publishToMavenLocal -x detekt -x test`
+- `gradle test detekt`
+- `gradle bintrayUpload` - uploads artifacts to Bintray
+- `gradle publishPlugins` - uploads the Gradle Plugin to the Plugin Repositories
+- `gradle githubRelease` - creates a tag for the current version with changelog and cli jar
+- Increment `detektAnalysisVersion` in `gradle.properties` to use newest plugin version on CI
diff --git a/docs/pages/changelog 1.x.x.md b/docs/pages/changelog 1.x.x.md
index 81bb8ca3f..c512a6d23 100644
--- a/docs/pages/changelog 1.x.x.md	
+++ b/docs/pages/changelog 1.x.x.md	
@@ -5,6 +5,31 @@ keywords: changelog, release-notes, migration
 permalink: changelog.html
 toc: true
 ---
+
+#### 1.7.2
+
+##### Changelog
+
+- Remove ignore:AppVeyor from codecov config - [#2540](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/pull/2540)
+- Use kotlin-stdlib-jdk8 to reduce dependency conflicts - #2527 - [#2538](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/pull/2538)
+- Update Gradle plugin-publish to 0.11.0 - [#2537](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/pull/2537)
+- Delete created temp dir automatically on JVM exit - [#2536](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/pull/2536)
+- Delete created temp file automatically on JVM exit - [#2535](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/pull/2535)
+- Refactor MemberNameEqualsClassNameSpec tests - [#2534](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/pull/2534)
+- Fix UnnecessaryAbstractClass false-positive - [#2533](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/pull/2533)
+- Update GroovyDSL doc to mention input - [#2532](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/pull/2532)
+- Update KotlinDSL doc to mention input - [#2531](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/pull/2531)
+- Fix report for documented data classes property - [#2530](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/pull/2530)
+- UndocumentedPublicProperty reported for documented data classes property - [#2529](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/issues/2529)
+- Detekt using gradle documentation out of data - [#2528](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/issues/2528)
+- 1.7.1 does not depend on Kotlin 1.3.71 - [#2527](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/issues/2527)
+- UnnecessaryAbstractClass false positive for abstractproperties - [#2526](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/issues/2526)
+- Do not fail the build on config property warnings/deprecations - #2523 - [#2525](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/pull/2525)
+- regression 1.7.1, threshhold does not exist - [#2523](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/issues/2523)
+- Setup GitHub Actions - [#2512](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/pull/2512)
+
+See all issues at: [1.7.2](https://github.com/arturbosch/detekt/milestone/61)
+
 #### 1.7.1
 
 ##### Changelog
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index c7971930f..be00251dd 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-detektVersion=1.7.1
-detektAnalysisVersion=1.7.1
+detektVersion=1.7.2
+detektAnalysisVersion=1.7.2
 
 # Project dependencies
 assertjVersion=3.15.0