diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index 2f9c5b42fe15..f442e79774f2 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "ai": "0.8.1",
   "aiplatform": "1.68.0",
-  "auth": "0.7.1",
+  "auth": "0.7.2",
   "auth/oauth2adapt": "0.2.3",
   "bigquery": "1.61.0",
   "bigtable": "1.25.0",
diff --git a/auth/CHANGES.md b/auth/CHANGES.md
index aaabc68e0c61..e62f14349253 100644
--- a/auth/CHANGES.md
+++ b/auth/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.7.2](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/auth/v0.7.1...auth/v0.7.2) (2024-07-22)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **auth:** Use default client for universe metadata lookup ([#10551](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10551)) ([d9046fd](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/d9046fdd1435d1ce48f374806c1def4cb5ac6cd3)), refs [#10544](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10544)
+
 ## [0.7.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/auth/v0.7.0...auth/v0.7.1) (2024-07-10)