diff --git a/release.notes b/release.notes
index 741aefbc0a7..050c7439c72 100644
--- a/release.notes
+++ b/release.notes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+[v7r2p6]
+
+*Core
+FIX: (#5000) Display thousands separators in PrettyScalarFormatter again
+
 [v7r2p5]
 
 FIX: fixes from v7r0p56, v7r1p39
diff --git a/src/DIRAC/__init__.py b/src/DIRAC/__init__.py
index 1cae9ae360c..5920812e6f7 100755
--- a/src/DIRAC/__init__.py
+++ b/src/DIRAC/__init__.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 else:
   majorVersion = 7
   minorVersion = 2
-  patchLevel = 5
+  patchLevel = 6
   preVersion = 0
 
   version = "v%sr%s" % (majorVersion, minorVersion)