diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7493009..37e19ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [0.7.2] - 2023-11-20
+
+### Added
+ 
+- [#19](https://github.com/bobozaur/sqlx-exasol/pull/19): Update to sqlx `0.7.2`.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- [#19](https://github.com/bobozaur/sqlx-exasol/pull/19): README fixes.
+
 ## [0.7.1-alpha-4] - 2023-10-26
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 873d8a6..7cb4b31 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sqlx-exasol"
-version = "0.7.1-alpha-4"
+version = "0.7.2"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["bobozaur"]
 description = "Exasol driver for the SQLx framework."
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ futures-core = "0.3.28"
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.100", features = ["raw_value"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.169", features = ["derive"] }
 pin-project = "1.1.2"
-lru = "0.11.0"
-sqlx-core = "=0.7.1"
-sqlx-macros-core = "=0.7.1"
+lru = "0.12.0"
+sqlx-core = "0.7.2"
+sqlx-macros-core = "0.7.2"
 tracing = { version = "0.1.37", features = ["log"] }
 arrayvec = "0.7.4"
 rcgen = { version = "0.11.1", optional = true }
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ rustls = { version = "0.21", default-features = false, features = [
 native-tls = { version = "0.2.10", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-sqlx = { version = "=0.7.1", features = [
+sqlx = { version = "0.7.2", features = [
     "runtime-tokio",
     "tls-native-tls",
     "migrate",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40f74cb..f6dcd38 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,14 +8,12 @@ Inspired by [Py-Exasol](https://github.com/exasol/pyexasol) and based on the (no
 **MSRV**: `1.70`
 
 ## Note
->The driver is currently in its `alpha` stage. This will change when it's seen some usage and seems mature enough to be declared **stable**.  
->
-> For simplicity, the crate's version resembles the `sqlx` version it is based on so that managing dependencies is simpler.   
+>The crate's version resembles the `sqlx` version it is based on so that managing dependencies is simpler.   
 >
 > With that in mind, please favor using a fixed version of `sqlx` and `sqlx-exasol` in `Cargo.toml` to avoid issues, such as:
 > ```toml
-> sqlx = "=0.7.1"
-> sqlx-exasol = "=0.7.1-alpha-4"
+> sqlx = "=0.7.2"
+> sqlx-exasol = "=0.7.2"
 > ```