diff --git a/TRITON_VERSION b/TRITON_VERSION
index a3d3ea0f72..d908386cf5 100644
--- a/TRITON_VERSION
+++ b/TRITON_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.71.0dev
+2.72.0dev
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 89e5ab8cfc..44b43a1cf8 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
 #
 
 DEFAULT_TRITON_VERSION_MAP = {
-    "release_version": "2.71.0dev",
-    "triton_container_version": "26.07dev",
+    "release_version": "2.72.0dev",
+    "triton_container_version": "26.08dev",
     "upstream_container_version": "26.06",
     "ort_version": "1.27.0",
     "ort_openvino_version": "2026.2.0",