diff --git a/cronie-1.7.1.tar.gz b/cronie-1.7.1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c072a4..0000000
--- a/cronie-1.7.1.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:535b96894c52e679085e1d8b36794308c162b1e8dac29031c02f678effc523e1
-size 154050
diff --git a/cronie-1.7.2.tar.gz b/cronie-1.7.2.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5fc755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cronie-1.7.2.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:241ecc1dcd8d4b2a6744fe93509932254d20b7bb9d979d27429809493806357f
+size 156043
diff --git a/cronie.changes b/cronie.changes
index 558d457..067b44b 100644
--- a/cronie.changes
+++ b/cronie.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 29 07:40:14 UTC 2024 - Joshua Smith <smolsheep@opensuse.org>
+
+- Remove safe-backup-permissions.patch -- Merged upstream
+- Update to 1.7.2:
+  * crond: Revert setting the return path to <>. It is not RFC
+    compliant.
+  * crond: Inherit MAILFROM from the crond process environment.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 26 10:51:55 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/cronie.spec b/cronie.spec
index fc11f89..029771d 100644
--- a/cronie.spec
+++ b/cronie.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   %define _fillupdir %{_localstatedir}/adm/fillup-templates
 %endif
 Name:           cronie
-Version:        1.7.1
+Version:        1.7.2
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Cron Daemon
 License:        BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-only AND MIT
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ Patch5:         cronie-crond_pid.diff
 Patch13:        fix-manpage-replace-anacrontab-with-crontab.patch
 # PATCH-FEATURE-OPENSUSE user common-session-nonlogin
 Patch14:        cronie-pam_config-nonlogin.diff
-# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM jsegitz@suse.de https://github.com/cronie-crond/cronie/pull/172
-Patch16:        safe-backup-permissions.patch
 BuildRequires:  audit-devel
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@ cp %{SOURCE7} ./cron_to_cronie.README
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
 %patch -P 14 -p1
 %endif
-%patch -P 16 -p1
 
 %build
 # fill macro CRON_VERSION it is used in top three lines of crontab file,should be reworked
diff --git a/safe-backup-permissions.patch b/safe-backup-permissions.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ed7e9d5..0000000
--- a/safe-backup-permissions.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-Index: cronie-cronie-1.7.0/src/crontab.c
-===================================================================
---- cronie-cronie-1.7.0.orig/src/crontab.c
-+++ cronie-cronie-1.7.0/src/crontab.c
-@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ static int backup_crontab(const char *cr
- 	FILE *backup_file;
- 	struct stat sb;
- 	int retval = 0;
-+	mode_t old_umask;
- 	
- 	/* create backup directory */
- 	if ((env_value = getenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME")) != NULL) {
-@@ -590,6 +591,9 @@ static int backup_crontab(const char *cr
- 		}
- 	}
- 	
-+  // ensure backup file has strict permssions. Crontabs are not readable for
-+  // other users and might contain sensitive information
-+	old_umask = umask(0077);
- 	if ((backup_file = fopen(backup_path, "w+")) == NULL) {
- 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to write to the backup file: ");
- 		perror(backup_path);
-@@ -598,6 +602,8 @@ static int backup_crontab(const char *cr
- 	}
- 
- 	swapback:
-+	umask(old_umask);
-+
- 	if (swap_uids_back() < OK) {
- 		perror("swapping uids back");
- 		exit(ERROR_EXIT);