diff --git a/package/libglib2/0002-remove-cpp-requirement.patch b/package/libglib2/0002-remove-cpp-requirement.patch
index b5603c92f4..84511dea32 100644
--- a/package/libglib2/0002-remove-cpp-requirement.patch
+++ b/package/libglib2/0002-remove-cpp-requirement.patch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From 2f168951df1feebeac549ada1ea44ea092484c54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From dd65a8cfdeafeb18b72d8d1eb676c7ca43ae505f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Adam Duskett <Aduskett@gmail.com>
 Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:12:38 -0700
 Subject: [PATCH] remove cpp requirement
@@ -12,15 +12,14 @@ Upstream status: Denied (Buildroot specific)
 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1748
 ---
  glib/glibconfig.h.in |  1 -
- meson.build          | 18 +-----------------
- tests/meson.build    |  5 -----
- 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 23 deletions(-)
+ meson.build          | 19 +------------------
+ 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 19 deletions(-)
 
 diff --git a/glib/glibconfig.h.in b/glib/glibconfig.h.in
-index 7ef8c48..128e65d 100644
+index e66748d95..2173d8be6 100644
 --- a/glib/glibconfig.h.in
 +++ b/glib/glibconfig.h.in
-@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ typedef unsigned @glib_intptr_type_define@ guintptr;
+@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ typedef unsigned @glib_intptr_type_define@ guintptr;
  @glib_vacopy@
  
  @g_have_iso_c_varargs@
@@ -29,15 +28,15 @@ index 7ef8c48..128e65d 100644
  /* gcc-2.95.x supports both gnu style and ISO varargs, but if -ansi
   * is passed ISO vararg support is turned off, and there is no work
 diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
-index 4bbf4c2..ac59f4e 100644
+index 48fdfe864..5df242e39 100644
 --- a/meson.build
 +++ b/meson.build
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -project('glib', 'c', 'cpp',
 +project('glib', 'c',
-   version : '2.70.4',
-   # NOTE: We keep this pinned at 0.49 because that's what Debian 10 ships
-   meson_version : '>= 0.49.2',
+   version : '2.72.3',
+   # NOTE: We keep this pinned at 0.52 because that's what Debian Stable ships
+   meson_version : '>= 0.52.0',
 @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ project('glib', 'c', 'cpp',
  )
  
@@ -46,7 +45,15 @@ index 4bbf4c2..ac59f4e 100644
  
  cc_can_run = not meson.is_cross_build() or meson.has_exe_wrapper()
  
-@@ -1696,20 +1695,6 @@ if g_have_iso_c_varargs
+@@ -495,7 +494,6 @@ else
+ endif
+ 
+ add_project_arguments(cc.get_supported_arguments(warning_c_args), language: 'c')
+-add_project_arguments(cxx.get_supported_arguments(warning_cxx_args), language: 'cpp')
+ 
+ # FIXME: We cannot build some of the GResource tests with -z nodelete, which
+ # means we cannot use that flag in add_project_link_arguments(), and must add
+@@ -1734,20 +1732,6 @@ if g_have_iso_c_varargs
  #endif''')
  endif
  
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@ index 4bbf4c2..ac59f4e 100644
  g_have_gnuc_varargs = cc.compiles('''
    void some_func (void) {
      int a(int p1, int p2, int p3);
-@@ -2339,7 +2324,6 @@ subdir('gobject')
+@@ -2381,7 +2365,6 @@ subdir('gobject')
  subdir('gthread')
  subdir('gmodule')
  subdir('gio')
@@ -75,22 +82,6 @@ index 4bbf4c2..ac59f4e 100644
  if build_tests
    subdir('tests')
  endif
-diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
-index e4ea226..7fd974c 100644
---- a/tests/meson.build
-+++ b/tests/meson.build
-@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@ tests = {
-     'source': 'module-test.c',
-     'c_args': ['-DMODULE_TYPE="plugin"'],
-   },
--  'cxx-test' : {
--    'source' : 'cxx-test.cpp',
--    'include_directories' : gmoduleinc,
--    'dependencies' : [libgio_dep],
--  },
- }
- 
- test_extra_programs = {
 -- 
-2.23.0
+2.34.1
 
diff --git a/package/libglib2/libglib2.hash b/package/libglib2/libglib2.hash
index f0f0cb55ad..0395ff234a 100644
--- a/package/libglib2/libglib2.hash
+++ b/package/libglib2/libglib2.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/2.70/glib-2.70.4.sha256sum
-sha256  ab3d176f3115dcc4e5d02db795984e04e4f4b48d836252e23e8c468e9d423c33  glib-2.70.4.tar.xz
+# https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/2.72/glib-2.72.3.sha256sum
+sha256  4a39a2f624b8512d500d5840173eda7fa85f51c109052eae806acece85d345f0  glib-2.72.3.tar.xz
 # License files, locally calculated
 sha256  dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk b/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
index 18f5b329c7..2970d5a7a9 100644
--- a/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
+++ b/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBGLIB2_VERSION_MAJOR = 2.70
-LIBGLIB2_VERSION = $(LIBGLIB2_VERSION_MAJOR).4
+LIBGLIB2_VERSION_MAJOR = 2.72
+LIBGLIB2_VERSION = $(LIBGLIB2_VERSION_MAJOR).3
 LIBGLIB2_SOURCE = glib-$(LIBGLIB2_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBGLIB2_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/$(LIBGLIB2_VERSION_MAJOR)
 LIBGLIB2_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+