diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 61ac57a..bfa3f63 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "odpi"]
 	path = odpi
 	url = ../odpi.git
-    branch = v3.1.x
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ece9091..fe7161b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# cx_Oracle version 7.1
+# cx_Oracle version 7.2
 
 cx_Oracle is a Python extension module that enables access to Oracle
 Database.  It conforms to the [Python database API 2.0
diff --git a/doc/src/conf.py b/doc/src/conf.py
index 4eb4e21..1988eb9 100644
--- a/doc/src/conf.py
+++ b/doc/src/conf.py
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ author = 'Oracle'
 # other places throughout the built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '7.1'
+version = '7.2'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '7.1.2'
+release = '7.2.0-dev'
 
 # There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
 # non-false value, then it is used:
diff --git a/odpi b/odpi
index cdf1531..c0495e9 160000
--- a/odpi
+++ b/odpi
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit cdf1531eb435fcb814840a7b1bd666173d0890e4
+Subproject commit c0495e9871998b86ed8643fb53d0107e35a521aa
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d2014a8..7180a01 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ except:
     from distutils.extension import Extension
 
 # define build constants
-BUILD_VERSION = "7.1.2"
+BUILD_VERSION = "7.2.0-dev"
 
 # setup extra link and compile args
 extraLinkArgs = []