diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 0ac4e3a59..cbea134be 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -11,6 +11,21 @@ If you are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 or CentOS 7, you can [update using `
 
 # Releases
 
+## Version 0.70.2
+
+The `rippled` 0.70.2 release corrects an emergent behavior which causes large numbers of transactions to get
+stuck in different nodes' open ledgers without being passed on to validators, resulting in a spike in the open
+ledger fee on those nodes.
+
+**New and Updated Features**
+
+This release has no new features.
+
+**Bug Fixes**
+
+- Recent fee rises and TxQ issues ([#2215](https://github.com/ripple/rippled/issues/2215))
+
+
 ## Version 0.70.1
 
 The `rippled` 0.70.1 release corrects a technical flaw in the newly refactored consensus code that could cause a node to get stuck in consensus due to stale votes from a
diff --git a/src/ripple/protocol/impl/BuildInfo.cpp b/src/ripple/protocol/impl/BuildInfo.cpp
index afb50a59a..1be2c702b 100644
--- a/src/ripple/protocol/impl/BuildInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/protocol/impl/BuildInfo.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ char const* const versionString =
     //  The build version number. You must edit this for each release
     //  and follow the format described at http://semver.org/
     //
-        "0.70.1"
+        "0.70.2"
 
 #if defined(DEBUG) || defined(SANITIZER)
        "+"