diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 860487ca19c..37c2961c243 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.7.1
+2.7.2
diff --git a/core/services/chainlink/application.go b/core/services/chainlink/application.go
index 354f0479042..9829036e13f 100644
--- a/core/services/chainlink/application.go
+++ b/core/services/chainlink/application.go
@@ -325,7 +325,9 @@ func NewApplication(opts ApplicationOpts) (Application, error) {
 	}
 
 	var peerWrapper *ocrcommon.SingletonPeerWrapper
-	if cfg.P2P().Enabled() {
+	if !cfg.OCR().Enabled() && !cfg.OCR2().Enabled() {
+		globalLogger.Debug("P2P stack not needed")
+	} else if cfg.P2P().Enabled() {
 		if err := ocrcommon.ValidatePeerWrapperConfig(cfg.P2P()); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index c5bda714ad4..88149872b4a 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ...
 
 <!-- unreleasedstop -->
+## 2.7.2 - 2023-12-14
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed a bug that caused nodes without OCR or OCR2 enabled to fail config validation if `P2P.V2` was not explicitly disabled. With this fix, NOPs will not have to make changes to their config. 
 
 ## 2.7.1 - 2023-11-21