diff --git a/ci/before-deploy.sh b/ci/before-deploy.sh
index 1465a3b9..dc446374 100755
--- a/ci/before-deploy.sh
+++ b/ci/before-deploy.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ mv .venv .venv_saved
 
 # for the tarball upload
 # clean up
-git clean -Xdf --exclude .venv
+git clean -Xdf
 
 # restore the saved "dist"/".venv" directory
 mv dist_saved dist
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index ad73b4fd..485aa7a0 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.7.1rc1'
+version = '1.7.2'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.7.1rc1'
+release = '1.7.2'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ebca33b5..1daa7438 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ def gssapi_modules(lst):
 
 setup(
     name='gssapi',
-    version='1.7.1rc1',
+    version='1.7.2',
     author='The Python GSSAPI Team',
     author_email='jborean93@gmail.com',
     packages=['gssapi', 'gssapi.raw', 'gssapi.raw._enum_extensions',