diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
index eceed463a3c..b457331983a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gobject-introspection/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gobject-introspection";
-  version = "1.71.0";
+  version = "1.72.0";
 
   # outputs TODO: share/gobject-introspection-1.0/tests is needed during build
   # by pygobject3 (and maybe others), but it's only searched in $out
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "VV3DmXwokiKFQwKfWGELg/wdpzPk49GOk2PXtagRZN0=";
+    sha256 = "Av6OWQhh2I+DBg3TnNpcyqYLLaHSHQ+VSZMBsYa+qrw=";
   };
 
   patches = [