diff --git a/COPYRIGHT b/COPYRIGHT
index 3f63650ba..d6eb3f597 100644
--- a/COPYRIGHT
+++ b/COPYRIGHT
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 klayout is packaged by Peter C.S. Scholtens <peter.scholtens@xs4all.nl>
 and Matthias Köfferlein <matthias@koefferlein.de>
-and was obtained from https://www.klayout.org/downloads/source/klayout-0.27.1.tar.gz
+and was obtained from https://www.klayout.org/downloads/source/klayout-0.27.2.tar.gz
 
 Authors:
 	Matthias Köfferlein
diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index cbeb99144..eaaf06059 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 
+0.27.2          (2021-06-20):
+
+* Bugfix: %GITHUB%/issues/835 Crash on layout save after deep copy + close of other
+* Bugfix: %GITHUB%/issues/839 Crash after PCell code exception is handled in Macro IDE
+* Bugfix: %GITHUB%/issues/824 LEF/DEF flow - duplicate text label generated
+* Bugfix: %GITHUB%/issues/826 Crash on deep, threaded DRC mode with universal DRC function
+* Bugfix: Package names can contain dash characters ("-") too
+* Enhancement: a lot of typos fixed in documentation and code (thanks to Eugene)
+
 0.27.1          (2021-05-31):
 
 * Enhancement: %GITHUB%/issues/809 
diff --git a/Changelog.Debian b/Changelog.Debian
index 0d0ad6ea1..7a058bd1b 100644
--- a/Changelog.Debian
+++ b/Changelog.Debian
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+klayout (0.27.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New features and bugfixes
+    - See changelog
+
+ -- Matthias Köfferlein <matthias@koefferlein.de>  Sun, 20 Jun 2021 19:49:27 +0200
+
 klayout (0.27.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New features and bugfixes
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index aa1c7c272..cea13e7b4 100644
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # This script is sourced to define the main version parameters
 
 # The main version
-KLAYOUT_VERSION="0.27.1"
+KLAYOUT_VERSION="0.27.2"
 
 # The version used for PyPI (don't use variables here!)
-KLAYOUT_PYPI_VERSION="0.27.1"
+KLAYOUT_PYPI_VERSION="0.27.2"
 
 # The build date
 KLAYOUT_VERSION_DATE=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")