diff --git a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.hash b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.hash
index a86ebf2f68..3c114c05a1 100644
--- a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.hash
+++ b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# From https://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/releases-1.4.x/lighttpd-1.4.71.sha512sum
-sha512  c1388b563b9cf9dcab0a57bec42b09b2cb5e1932bc137ae5f957d1bf3932ddd8f5f188002a7b9a00f0a92ba3779b21ecbea2ccffa91e686b6660c9cc455d6598  lighttpd-1.4.71.tar.xz
+# From https://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/releases-1.4.x/lighttpd-1.4.72.sha512sum
+sha512  5becb57915e3548a1b9b980014be22b3c08dcf0e9be524f9cd0093886aaf6d00b20986e8b1fb10ecdbdffd8e42dd18e4a227b03d562c91bef9490ea6d5c480e3  lighttpd-1.4.72.tar.xz
+# From https://www.lighttpd.net/2023/10/6/1.4.72/
+sha256  f7cade4d69b754a0748c01463c33cd8b456ca9cc03bb09e85a71bcbcd54e55ec  lighttpd-1.4.72.tar.xz
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  5c98cad2fbaf5c5e2562bcbab401a7c557c1bb1bac9914ecc63730925052fb13  COPYING
diff --git a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
index bc0dbcbf45..af104de078 100644
--- a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
+++ b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 LIGHTTPD_VERSION_MAJOR = 1.4
-LIGHTTPD_VERSION = $(LIGHTTPD_VERSION_MAJOR).71
+LIGHTTPD_VERSION = $(LIGHTTPD_VERSION_MAJOR).72
 LIGHTTPD_SOURCE = lighttpd-$(LIGHTTPD_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIGHTTPD_SITE = http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/releases-$(LIGHTTPD_VERSION_MAJOR).x
 LIGHTTPD_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause