diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 8aba43f9b8..733e4ebffe 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ libavutil:   2009-03-08
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2010-05-26 - r23334 - lavc 52.72.0 - CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL
+  Add CODEC_CAP_EXPERIMENTAL flag.
+
 2010-05-23 - r23255 - lavu 50.16.0 - av_get_random_seed
   Add av_get_random_seed()
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 8a6c8f967c..60aa8766f8 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "libavutil/avutil.h"
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR 52
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR 71
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR 72
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO  0
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR, \