diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a22ac361e..9f9a5967ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ You can include this library from Sonatype OSS for SNAPSHOTS, or Maven central f
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
   <artifactId>swagger-parser</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.71</version>
+  <version>1.0.72</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ To add swagger parsing support for older versions of swagger, add the `compat` m
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
   <artifactId>swagger-compat-spec-parser</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.71</version>
+  <version>1.0.72</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
diff --git a/modules/swagger-compat-spec-parser/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-compat-spec-parser/pom.xml
index 5ce99576a5..e3d4a3366a 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-compat-spec-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-compat-spec-parser/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.72-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.72</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-safe-url-resolver/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser-safe-url-resolver/pom.xml
index a1c8ab5006..ab6fe8e843 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-safe-url-resolver/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-safe-url-resolver/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.72-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.72</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
index 68993a2a61..167efcc902 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.72-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.72</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 78023e62d0..662a867833 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.72-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.72</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>swagger-parser-project</name>
     <developers>