diff --git a/release.notes b/release.notes
index 12119a5d896..aad02ba098b 100644
--- a/release.notes
+++ b/release.notes
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[v7r2-pre36]
+[v7r2-pre37]
 
 FIX: python 2-3 compatibility fixes
 NEW: (#4209) Extends the MonitoringSystem to support RMS and DMS/Agents/RequestOperations.
diff --git a/src/DIRAC/__init__.py b/src/DIRAC/__init__.py
index b9622599d58..0dd4bb8eecb 100755
--- a/src/DIRAC/__init__.py
+++ b/src/DIRAC/__init__.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
   majorVersion = 7
   minorVersion = 2
   patchLevel = 0
-  preVersion = 36
+  preVersion = 37
 
   version = "v%sr%s" % (majorVersion, minorVersion)
   # Make it so that __version__ is always PEP-440 style