diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6975c260051..edd1434d171 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:8.31'
     xjc group: 'org.glassfish.jaxb', name: 'jaxb-xjc', version: '2.3.2'
-    jython 'org.python:jython-standalone:2.7.1'
+    jython 'org.python:jython-standalone:2.7.2'
 }
 
 dependencyUpdates {
@@ -232,11 +232,6 @@ dependencyUpdates.resolutionStrategy = {
                 selection.reject('Release candidate')
             }
         }
-        rules.withModule("org.python:jython-standalone") { ComponentSelection selection ->
-            if (selection.candidate.version ==~ /2.7.2b\d/ || selection.candidate.version ==~ /2.7.2rc\d/) {
-                selection.reject('Release candidate')
-            }
-        }
         rules.withModule("de.jensd:fontawesomefx-materialdesignfont") { ComponentSelection selection ->
             if (selection.candidate.version ==~ /2.0.26.*/) {
                 selection.reject('1.7.22-11 is actually newer (strange version system)')