diff --git a/deps/checksums/libgit2 b/deps/checksums/libgit2
index 63d67671b12a4..78b82572f3898 100644
--- a/deps/checksums/libgit2
+++ b/deps/checksums/libgit2
@@ -1,34 +1,34 @@
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+libgit2-a418d9d4ab87bae16b87d8f37143a4687ae0e4b2.tar.gz/md5/c67e5a2358f01d26b78269639ba20148
+libgit2-a418d9d4ab87bae16b87d8f37143a4687ae0e4b2.tar.gz/sha512/c82dc18bacb45f82c72f09e5525fd47191c8673a553df9faa05290c33dfdadfff9784341e68790130a14b12267c795f4ca166481fdf9674d2b70e8228bbeb11d
diff --git a/deps/libgit2.version b/deps/libgit2.version
index 064c95094adb3..65f3e7670e4af 100644
--- a/deps/libgit2.version
+++ b/deps/libgit2.version
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 LIBGIT2_JLL_NAME := LibGit2
 
 ## source build
-LIBGIT2_BRANCH=v1.7.1
-LIBGIT2_SHA1=a2bde63741977ca0f4ef7db2f609df320be67a08
+LIBGIT2_BRANCH=v1.7.2
+LIBGIT2_SHA1=a418d9d4ab87bae16b87d8f37143a4687ae0e4b2
 
 ## Other deps
 # Specify the version of the Mozilla CA Certificate Store to obtain.
diff --git a/stdlib/LibGit2_jll/Project.toml b/stdlib/LibGit2_jll/Project.toml
index e64d86dc6c9b7..1e13d0228488f 100644
--- a/stdlib/LibGit2_jll/Project.toml
+++ b/stdlib/LibGit2_jll/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "LibGit2_jll"
 uuid = "e37daf67-58a4-590a-8e99-b0245dd2ffc5"
-version = "1.7.1+0"
+version = "1.7.2+0"
 
 [deps]
 MbedTLS_jll = "c8ffd9c3-330d-5841-b78e-0817d7145fa1"
diff --git a/stdlib/LibGit2_jll/test/runtests.jl b/stdlib/LibGit2_jll/test/runtests.jl
index 86dcf659e7ab2..6d83f6e447453 100644
--- a/stdlib/LibGit2_jll/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LibGit2_jll/test/runtests.jl
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ using Test, Libdl, LibGit2_jll
     minor = Ref{Cint}(0)
     patch = Ref{Cint}(0)
     @test ccall((:git_libgit2_version, libgit2), Cint, (Ref{Cint}, Ref{Cint}, Ref{Cint}), major, minor, patch) == 0
-    @test VersionNumber(major[], minor[], patch[]) == v"1.7.1"
+    @test VersionNumber(major[], minor[], patch[]) == v"1.7.2"
 end