diff --git a/gnu/packages/glib.scm b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
index 287a52c054..bf414d2685 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/glib.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
@@ -459,14 +459,14 @@ be used when cross-compiling."
 (define gobject-introspection
   (package
     (name "gobject-introspection")
-    (version "1.68.0")
+    (version "1.72.0")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/"
                    "gobject-introspection/" (version-major+minor version)
                    "/gobject-introspection-" version ".tar.xz"))
              (sha256
-              (base32 "09sawnv3xj9pzgy2qrrk87dl3jibfphnswb61i5bh0d2h4j28afj"))
+              (base32 "1g5aps3b20ck96ahy7fjl4nhp9nabkd9rlqd0s1qzn3111cqxzh2"))
              (patches (search-patches
                        "gobject-introspection-cc.patch"
                        "gobject-introspection-girepository.patch"
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-absolute-shlib-path.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-absolute-shlib-path.patch
index c23b054a39..8bb86467c0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-absolute-shlib-path.patch
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-absolute-shlib-path.patch
@@ -6,15 +6,9 @@ for 'gobject-introspection' 1.40.0 in Nix.
 
 It has since been updated to work with newer versions of
 gobject-introspection.
----
- giscanner/scannermain.py     | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- giscanner/shlibs.py          | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++---------
- giscanner/utils.py           | 15 +++++----------
- tests/scanner/test_shlibs.py |  3 ++-
- 4 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 
 diff --git a/giscanner/scannermain.py b/giscanner/scannermain.py
-index 957ba0b7..78f9b11b 100644
+index 1d39ab84..e12ed24e 100644
 --- a/giscanner/scannermain.py
 +++ b/giscanner/scannermain.py
 @@ -95,6 +95,39 @@ def get_windows_option_group(parser):
@@ -57,10 +51,10 @@ index 957ba0b7..78f9b11b 100644
  def _get_option_parser():
      parser = optparse.OptionParser('%prog [options] sources',
                                     version='%prog ' + giscanner.__version__)
-@@ -214,6 +247,10 @@ match the namespace prefix.""")
-     parser.add_option("", "--filelist",
-                       action="store", dest="filelist", default=[],
-                       help="file containing headers and sources to be scanned")
+@@ -220,6 +253,10 @@ match the namespace prefix.""")
+     parser.add_option("", "--compiler",
+                       action="store", dest="compiler", default=None,
+                       help="the C compiler to use internally")
 +    parser.add_option("", "--fallback-library-path",
 +                      action="store", dest="fallback_libpath",
 +                      default=_get_default_fallback_libpath(),
@@ -138,10 +132,10 @@ index 9f8ab5df..8aa37c99 100644
                      del patterns[library]
                      shlibs.append(m.group())
 diff --git a/giscanner/utils.py b/giscanner/utils.py
-index 45807f17..8a319cd1 100644
+index 31c7ea48..630002a8 100644
 --- a/giscanner/utils.py
 +++ b/giscanner/utils.py
-@@ -113,16 +113,11 @@ def extract_libtool_shlib(la_file):
+@@ -114,16 +114,11 @@ def extract_libtool_shlib(la_file):
      if dlname is None:
          return None
  
@@ -177,6 +171,3 @@ index a8337c60..7f123103 100644
  
      def test_unresolved_library(self):
          output = ''
--- 
-2.33.0
-
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-cc.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-cc.patch
index 748a1a0a89..d3b1df82af 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-cc.patch
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/gobject-introspection-cc.patch
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 Use gcc as the default C compiler if CC is not set.
 
----
- giscanner/__init__.py | 2 ++
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
-
 diff --git a/giscanner/__init__.py b/giscanner/__init__.py
 index 7c2f365a..607fe341 100644
 --- a/giscanner/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +13,3 @@ index 7c2f365a..607fe341 100644
  try:
      from ._version import __version__
  except ImportError:
--- 
-2.33.0
-