diff --git a/instrumentation/dalli/CHANGELOG.md b/instrumentation/dalli/CHANGELOG.md
index d13d82e590..02d2d843cb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/dalli/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/instrumentation/dalli/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Release History: opentelemetry-instrumentation-dalli
 
+### v0.27.2 / 2025-04-30
+
+* FIXED: Do not pollute the `OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation` namespace
+
 ### v0.27.1 / 2025-04-21
 
 * FIXED: Only prepend Dalli patch if binary protocol defined
diff --git a/instrumentation/dalli/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dalli/version.rb b/instrumentation/dalli/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dalli/version.rb
index e120c785e4..891f0ecced 100644
--- a/instrumentation/dalli/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dalli/version.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/dalli/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dalli/version.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 module OpenTelemetry
   module Instrumentation
     module Dalli
-      VERSION = '0.27.1'
+      VERSION = '0.27.2'
     end
   end
 end