diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6eaecf396..23c0fecea 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+3.7.2.1
+=======
+* Revert 490206b to not depend on NMGTK-0.9.7, which hasn't been released yet
+
 3.7.2
 =====
 * Enforce RTL in he for messages that might end up as LTR [Florian; #686630]
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e0604b247..f1fd621f6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.63)
-AC_INIT([gnome-shell],[3.7.2],[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-shell],[gnome-shell])
+AC_INIT([gnome-shell],[3.7.2.1],[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-shell],[gnome-shell])
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/shell-global.c])