diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 58ef57e04e..eb0c51f1e7 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.1.0"
+  ".": "7.2.0"
 }
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 4726b51070..5505d38db1 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [7.2.0](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/compare/v7.1.0...v7.2.0) (2026-02-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **NODE-7142:** Exponential backoff and jitter in retry loops ([#4871](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4871)) ([22c6031](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/22c6031a673bef48597fb33041fe1122cc5ec549))
+* **NODE-7315:** Use BSON ByteUtils instead of Nodejs Buffer ([#4840](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4840)) ([1add538](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/1add53872ea8e394959754375bf35af5632fbf0e))
+* **NODE-7385:** add experimental `os` runtime adapter  ([#4851](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4851)) ([d2ad07f](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/d2ad07f20903d86334da81222a6df9717f76faaa))
+
 ## [7.1.0](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/compare/v7.0.0...v7.1.0) (2026-02-02)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b1def2b859..fc5db41498 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb",
-  "version": "7.1.0",
+  "version": "7.2.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mongodb",
-      "version": "7.1.0",
+      "version": "7.2.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@mongodb-js/saslprep": "^1.3.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1f97a7595b..0f0aa093a6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb",
-  "version": "7.1.0",
+  "version": "7.2.0",
   "description": "The official MongoDB driver for Node.js",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "files": [