diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 06dd613..509d479 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [2.7.2] (05/11/2026)
+
+### Fixed
+* Fixed `pip check` for environments installing `mkl-service` [gh-201](https://github.com/IntelPython/mkl-service/pull/201), broken when `mkl` was introduced as runtime dependency [gh-177](https://github.com/IntelPython/mkl-service/pull/177)
+
 ## [2.7.1] (05/08/2026)
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/mkl/_version.py b/mkl/_version.py
index 7a38ae0..7f90850 100644
--- a/mkl/_version.py
+++ b/mkl/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.7.1"
+__version__ = "2.7.2"