diff --git a/srcpkgs/libconfig/template b/srcpkgs/libconfig/template
index dde582194e0..4d89c36dd93 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libconfig/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libconfig/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libconfig'
 pkgname=libconfig
-version=1.7.1
+version=1.7.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake byacc flex libtool"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://hyperrealm.com/libconfig/libconfig.html"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="https://github.com/hyperrealm/libconfig/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=d288e6ae817f4ef78df43cdb2647f768dc97899ee82fcc41f857e8eb9fd7fbdb
+checksum=f67ac44099916ae260a6c9e290a90809e7d782d96cdd462cac656ebc5b685726
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -vi