diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 249dd70da..5da84aa8b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Follow the [developer's guide](docs/develop/index.md) to know more about the pro
 
 ## Status
 
-`v1.7.1` released against GeoServer `2.25.0`.
+`v1.7.2` released against GeoServer `2.25.0`.
 
 Read the [changelog](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver-cloud/releases/) for more information.
 
diff --git a/docs/deploy/docker-compose/stable/jdbcconfig/docker-compose.yml b/docs/deploy/docker-compose/stable/jdbcconfig/docker-compose.yml
index 552fa80d5..c128a7934 100644
--- a/docs/deploy/docker-compose/stable/jdbcconfig/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docs/deploy/docker-compose/stable/jdbcconfig/docker-compose.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ services:
   # Browse to http://localhost:8761 to check all services are registered.
   # Run docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose-discovery-ha.yml to run extra discovery service instances for HA
   discovery:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-discovery:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-discovery:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     ports:
       - 8761:8761
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ services:
   # microservices. Being a Discovery First Bootstrap configuration, it'll
   # register itself with the Eureka discovery service and can be scaled
   config:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-config:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-config:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     depends_on:
       - discovery
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ services:
       SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE: git
       # 'git' profile config
       CONFIG_GIT_URI: https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver-cloud-config.git
-      # get the config for this release from the v1.7.1 tag
-      SPRING_CLOUD_CONFIG_SERVER_GIT_DEFAULT_LABEL: v1.7.1
+      # get the config for this release from the v1.7.2 tag
+      SPRING_CLOUD_CONFIG_SERVER_GIT_DEFAULT_LABEL: v1.7.2
       # where to store the cloned repository, if unset, it'll use /tmp/config-repo-<randomid>
       CONFIG_GIT_BASEDIR: /tmp/git_config
       # 'native' profile config
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ services:
   # Application facade, provides a single entry point routing to all
   # microservices (e.g. http://localhost:9090/geoserver/cloud/wms, http://localhost:9090/geoserver/cloud/wfs, etc)
   gateway:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-gateway:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-gateway:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     depends_on:
       - config
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ services:
 
   # WFS microservice, port dynamically allocated to allow scaling (e.g docker-compose scale wfs=5)
   wfs:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wfs:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wfs:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     depends_on:
       - config
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ services:
 
   # WMS microservice, port dynamically allocated to allow scaling (e.g docker-compose scale wms=5)
   wms:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wms:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wms:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     depends_on:
       - config
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ services:
 
   # WCS microservice, port dynamically allocated to allow scaling (e.g docker-compose scale wcs=5)
   wcs:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wcs:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wcs:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     depends_on:
       - config
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ services:
 
   # REST config microservice, port dynamically allocated to allow scaling (e.g docker-compose scale rest=5)
   rest:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-rest:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-rest:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     depends_on:
       - config
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ services:
 
   # WEB UI microservice
   webui:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-webui:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-webui:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     depends_on:
       - rabbitmq
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ services:
           cpus: '2.0'
           memory: 1G
   gwc:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-gwc:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-gwc:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     depends_on:
       - config
diff --git a/docs/deploy/docker-compose/stable/pgconfig/compose.yml b/docs/deploy/docker-compose/stable/pgconfig/compose.yml
index 4c7e668f9..d324348f2 100644
--- a/docs/deploy/docker-compose/stable/pgconfig/compose.yml
+++ b/docs/deploy/docker-compose/stable/pgconfig/compose.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ services:
   # Browse to http://localhost:8761 to check all services are registered.
   # Run docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose-discovery-ha.yml to run extra discovery service instances for HA
   discovery:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-discovery:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-discovery:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000
     depends_on:
       - config
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ services:
   # microservices. Being a Discovery First Bootstrap configuration, it'll
   # register itself with the Eureka discovery service and can be scaled
   config:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-config:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-config:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     environment:
       # Either 'git' or 'native'. Use the default sample git repository to download the services configuration from
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ services:
       SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE: git
       # 'git' profile config
       CONFIG_GIT_URI: https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver-cloud-config.git
-      # get the config for this release from the v1.7.1 tag
+      # get the config for this release from the v1.7.2 tag
       SPRING_CLOUD_CONFIG_SERVER_GIT_DEFAULT_LABEL: master
       # where to store the cloned repository, if unset, it'll use /tmp/config-repo-<randomid>
       CONFIG_GIT_BASEDIR: /tmp/git_config
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ services:
   # Application facade, provides a single entry point routing to all
   # microservices (e.g. http://localhost:9090/geoserver/wms, http://localhost:9090/geoserver/wfs, etc)
   gateway:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-gateway:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-gateway:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000
     depends_on:
       - discovery
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ services:
 
   # WFS microservice, port dynamically allocated to allow scaling (e.g docker-compose scale wfs=5)
   wfs:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wfs:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wfs:1.7.2
     extends:
       service: geoserver
     depends_on:
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ services:
 
   # WMS microservice, port dynamically allocated to allow scaling (e.g docker-compose scale wms=5)
   wms:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wms:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wms:1.7.2
     extends:
       service: geoserver
     depends_on:
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ services:
 
   # WCS microservice, port dynamically allocated to allow scaling (e.g docker-compose scale wcs=5)
   wcs:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wcs:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wcs:1.7.2
     extends:
       service: geoserver
     depends_on:
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ services:
 
   # WPS microservice, port dynamically allocated to allow scaling (e.g docker-compose scale wps=5)
   wps:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wps:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wps:1.7.2
     extends:
       service: geoserver
     depends_on:
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ services:
 
   # REST config microservice, port dynamically allocated to allow scaling (e.g docker-compose scale rest=5)
   rest:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-rest:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-rest:1.7.2
     extends:
       service: geoserver
     depends_on:
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ services:
 
   # WEB UI microservice
   webui:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-webui:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-webui:1.7.2
     extends:
       service: geoserver
     volumes:
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ services:
       replicas: 1
 
   gwc:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-gwc:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-gwc:1.7.2
     extends:
       service: geoserver
     volumes:
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ services:
       replicas: 1
 
   geoserver:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-webui:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-webui:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     environment:
       JAVA_OPTS: -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=80 -XshowSettings:system 
diff --git a/docs/deploy/docker-compose/stable/shared_datadir/docker-compose.yml b/docs/deploy/docker-compose/stable/shared_datadir/docker-compose.yml
index 839f1b124..caabf7189 100644
--- a/docs/deploy/docker-compose/stable/shared_datadir/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docs/deploy/docker-compose/stable/shared_datadir/docker-compose.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ services:
   # Browse to http://localhost:8761 to check all services are registered.
   # Run docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose-discovery-ha.yml to run extra discovery service instances for HA
   discovery:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-discovery:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-discovery:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     ports:
       - 8761:8761
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ services:
   # microservices. Being a Discovery First Bootstrap configuration, it'll
   # register itself with the Eureka discovery service and can be scaled
   config:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-config:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-config:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     depends_on:
       - discovery
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ services:
       SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE: git
       # 'git' profile config
       CONFIG_GIT_URI: https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver-cloud-config.git
-      # get the config for this release from the v1.7.1 tag
-      SPRING_CLOUD_CONFIG_SERVER_GIT_DEFAULT_LABEL: v1.7.1
+      # get the config for this release from the v1.7.2 tag
+      SPRING_CLOUD_CONFIG_SERVER_GIT_DEFAULT_LABEL: v1.7.2
       # where to store the cloned repository, if unset, it'll use /tmp/config-repo-<randomid>
       CONFIG_GIT_BASEDIR: /tmp/git_config
       # 'native' profile config
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ services:
   # Application facade, provides a single entry point routing to all
   # microservices (e.g. http://localhost:9090/geoserver/cloud/wms, http://localhost:9090/geoserver/cloud/wfs, etc)
   gateway:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-gateway:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-gateway:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     depends_on:
       - config
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ services:
 
   # WFS microservice, port dynamically allocated to allow scaling (e.g docker-compose scale wfs=5)
   wfs:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wfs:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wfs:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     depends_on:
       - config
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ services:
 
   # WMS microservice, port dynamically allocated to allow scaling (e.g docker-compose scale wms=5)
   wms:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wms:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wms:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     depends_on:
       - config
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ services:
 
   # WCS microservice, port dynamically allocated to allow scaling (e.g docker-compose scale wcs=5)
   wcs:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wcs:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wcs:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     depends_on:
       - config
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ services:
 
   # REST config microservice, port dynamically allocated to allow scaling (e.g docker-compose scale rest=5)
   rest:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-rest:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-rest:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     depends_on:
       - config
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ services:
 
   # WEB UI microservice
   webui:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-webui:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-webui:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     depends_on:
       - config
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ services:
           cpus: '2.0'
           memory: 1G
   gwc:
-    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-gwc:1.7.1
+    image: geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-gwc:1.7.2
     user: 1000:1000 # set the userid:groupid the container runs as
     depends_on:
       - config
diff --git a/docs/deploy/podman/traditional/manual/podman.md b/docs/deploy/podman/traditional/manual/podman.md
index 3cc358195..30e06e4bb 100644
--- a/docs/deploy/podman/traditional/manual/podman.md
+++ b/docs/deploy/podman/traditional/manual/podman.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ In order to speed up the "starting" part of the documentation we are going to do
 
 ```bash
 podman pull docker.io/library/rabbitmq:3.9-management 
-export GSCLOUD_VERSION=1.7.1
+export GSCLOUD_VERSION=1.7.2
 
 for service in discovery config gateway admin-server rest webui wms wfs wcs
 do
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ podman run -d --name=config --hostname=config \
   --network gs-cloud-network \
   -e SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE=git \
   -e CONFIG_GIT_URI=https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver-cloud-config.git \
-  -e SPRING_CLOUD_CONFIG_SERVER_GIT_DEFAULT_LABEL=v1.7.1 \
+  -e SPRING_CLOUD_CONFIG_SERVER_GIT_DEFAULT_LABEL=v1.7.2 \
   -e CONFIG_GIT_BASEDIR=/opt/app/git_config \
   geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-config:$GSCLOUD_VERSION
 ```
diff --git a/docs/develop/index.md b/docs/develop/index.md
index f321007b3..2b1692ea9 100644
--- a/docs/develop/index.md
+++ b/docs/develop/index.md
@@ -152,15 +152,15 @@ The simple build command above creates the following docker images:
 
 ```bash
 $ docker images|grep geoserver-cloud|sort
-geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-config                1.7.1        be987ff2a85e        42 minutes ago      319MB
-geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-discovery             1.7.1        abc5a17cf14c        42 minutes ago      320MB
-geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-gateway               1.7.1        10f267950c15        42 minutes ago      317MB
-geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-rest                  1.7.1        29406a1e1fdb        36 minutes ago      429MB
-geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wcs                   1.7.1        c77ac22aa522        37 minutes ago      391MB
-geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-webui                 1.7.1        876d6fc3fac0        36 minutes ago      449MB
-geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wfs                   1.7.1        62960137eb5a        38 minutes ago      410MB
-geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wms                   1.7.1        6686ca90b552        38 minutes ago      437MB
-geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wps                   1.7.1        73bae600226c        37 minutes ago      416MB
+geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-config                1.7.2        be987ff2a85e        42 minutes ago      319MB
+geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-discovery             1.7.2        abc5a17cf14c        42 minutes ago      320MB
+geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-gateway               1.7.2        10f267950c15        42 minutes ago      317MB
+geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-rest                  1.7.2        29406a1e1fdb        36 minutes ago      429MB
+geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wcs                   1.7.2        c77ac22aa522        37 minutes ago      391MB
+geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-webui                 1.7.2        876d6fc3fac0        36 minutes ago      449MB
+geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wfs                   1.7.2        62960137eb5a        38 minutes ago      410MB
+geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wms                   1.7.2        6686ca90b552        38 minutes ago      437MB
+geoservercloud/geoserver-cloud-wps                   1.7.2        73bae600226c        37 minutes ago      416MB
 ```
 
 To run the build without building the docker images, disable the `docker` maven profile:
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index b570f00a9..0f3e7a98e 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ The following diagram depicts the System's general architecture:
  
 # Project Status
 
-Version `1.7.1` has been released against a slightly customized GeoServer `2.25.0`
+Version `1.7.2` has been released against a slightly customized GeoServer `2.25.0`
 with some important fixes to allow starting up several GeoServer instances from an empty
 directory or database. We will make sure to contribute those fixes upstream before the final
 release.