diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 3e29cd8..2d3ea44 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
-## Version 0.71
+## Version 0.72 (2021/02/16)
+
+ * fixed a configuration parsing bug making 0.71 almost unusable
+
+## Version 0.71 (2021/02/14)
 
  * IPv6 support
- * fix a display overflow in data usage statistics
+ * fixed a display overflow in data usage statistics
  * made the configuration parser more tolerant with service names that contain
    dashes (e.g. snmp-trap) or hostnames with underscores (e.g. \_http.example.com).
  * create the log file if it does not exist
  * new Visual Studio project file
 
-## Version 0.70
+## Version 0.70 (2017/09/09)
 
  * UDP support
  * source address binding support
  * use a real grammar for the configuration file and get rid of the hand-made
    parser
 
-## Version 0.63
+## Version 0.63 (2017/07/19)
 
  * added a `-f` flag to run in the foreground
  * quit cleanly when `SIGINT` is received
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d60ffb2..170f057 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
-AC_INIT(rinetd, 0.71, sam@hocevar.net)
+AC_INIT(rinetd, 0.72, sam@hocevar.net)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(.auto)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/rinetd.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([src/config.h])
diff --git a/rinetd.8 b/rinetd.8
index 9cbe12b..7f6882a 100644
--- a/rinetd.8
+++ b/rinetd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH rinetd 8 "2021-02-14" "rinetd 0.71"
+.TH rinetd 8 "2021-02-12" "rinetd 0.72"
 
 .SH NAME
 rinetd \- internet redirection server
diff --git a/rinetd.vcxproj b/rinetd.vcxproj
index dfbf231..aedce6c 100644
--- a/rinetd.vcxproj
+++ b/rinetd.vcxproj
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CONSOLE;PACKAGE_VERSION="0.71";_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE;_WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CONSOLE;PACKAGE_VERSION="0.72";_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE;_WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>