diff --git a/devel/gobject-introspection/Makefile b/devel/gobject-introspection/Makefile
index a1739fa17b1c..db132308971c 100644
--- a/devel/gobject-introspection/Makefile
+++ b/devel/gobject-introspection/Makefile
@@ -1,45 +1,42 @@
 # Created by: Alexander Logvinov <avl@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	gobject-introspection
-DISTVERSION=	1.70.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.72.0
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	GNOME
 DIST_SUBDIR=	gnome
 
-PATCH_SITES=	https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/${PORTNAME}/-/commit/
-PATCHFILES+=	effb1e09dee2.patch:-p1 # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gobject-introspection/-/merge_requests/305
-
 MAINTAINER=	desktop@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Generate interface introspection data for GObject libraries
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+ LGPL20+
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 LICENSE_FILE_LGPL20+ =	${WRKSRC}/COPYING.LGPL
 LICENSE_FILE_GPLv2+ =	${WRKSRC}/COPYING.GPL
 
 # we need cairo otherwise the generated Cairo gir is broken
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	cairo-trace:graphics/cairo
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libffi.so:devel/libffi
 
 PORTSCOUT=	limitw:1,even
 
 USES=		bison gettext gnome localbase meson pkgconfig python:3.6+ tar:xz
 USE_GNOME=	glib20
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 MESON_ARGS=	-Ddoctool=disabled \
 		-Dpython=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%PYTHON_CMD%%|${PYTHON_CMD}|' ${WRKSRC}/tools/meson.build
 
 post-stage:
 	@${PYTHON_CMD} -m compileall -d ${PREFIX}/lib/${PORTNAME} \
 		"${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/${PORTNAME}"
 	@${PYTHON_CMD} -O -m compileall -d ${PREFIX}/lib/${PORTNAME} \
 		"${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/${PORTNAME}"
 
 post-install:
 	@${RM} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/doctemplates/*/meson.build*
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/gobject-introspection/distinfo b/devel/gobject-introspection/distinfo
index dceff007a506..bcca1bffe421 100644
--- a/devel/gobject-introspection/distinfo
+++ b/devel/gobject-introspection/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1636923576
-SHA256 (gnome/gobject-introspection-1.70.0.tar.xz) = 902b4906e3102d17aa2fcb6dad1c19971c70f2a82a159ddc4a94df73a3cafc4a
-SIZE (gnome/gobject-introspection-1.70.0.tar.xz) = 1029372
-SHA256 (gnome/effb1e09dee2.patch) = a3b6b4a834f9218718733f2da1e66efa73e3dd2c12e76b0d826c60cec9a5a784
-SIZE (gnome/effb1e09dee2.patch) = 6495
+TIMESTAMP = 1647604434
+SHA256 (gnome/gobject-introspection-1.72.0.tar.xz) = 02fe8e590861d88f83060dd39cda5ccaa60b2da1d21d0f95499301b186beaabc
+SIZE (gnome/gobject-introspection-1.72.0.tar.xz) = 1040936