diff --git a/ports/libconfig/CONTROL b/ports/libconfig/CONTROL
index d8d00ddd4..fceb37bd3 100644
--- a/ports/libconfig/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/libconfig/CONTROL
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Source: libconfig
-Version: 1.7.1
+Version: 1.7.2
 Description: C/C++ library for processing configuration files
diff --git a/ports/libconfig/portfile.cmake b/ports/libconfig/portfile.cmake
index 2862a8e95..9456636a9 100644
--- a/ports/libconfig/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libconfig/portfile.cmake
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ include(vcpkg_common_functions)
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO hyperrealm/libconfig
-    REF v1.7.1
-    SHA512 b58b468e9e2d5175fbde1ad9765c6604dc9b3f3944613a88404a45d0d232e7d79a47321bf3c06b97cb46a2104b4313fad5c7f8944149f550b7af51ad523e775e
+    REF v1.7.2
+    SHA512 9df57355c2d08381b4a0a6366f0db3633fbe8f73c2bb8c370c040b0bae96ce89ee4ac6c17a5a247fed855d890fa383e5b70cb5573fc9cfc62194d5b94e161cee
     HEAD_REF master
 )