diff --git a/lal-7.2.0.tar.xz b/lal-7.2.0.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ffc265..0000000
--- a/lal-7.2.0.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:7858e07148491b6d6b9fb727722800a5efd24ba30cff1b1a1e475804517583e4
-size 2371888
diff --git a/lal-7.2.4.tar.xz b/lal-7.2.4.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aea5e21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lal-7.2.4.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:e00d15216fca06b35b2b0c27fa360ed5042c700d5dd3eaf8f249957a1e199ccf
+size 2372060
diff --git a/lal.changes b/lal.changes
index f334f67..6568a8f 100644
--- a/lal.changes
+++ b/lal.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Nov 26 02:40:59 UTC 2022 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
+
+- Update to version 7.2.4:
+  * No release notes.
+- Fix build with Swig 4.1.0, add swig_4_1_compat.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 19 11:54:33 UTC 2022 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/lal.spec b/lal.spec
index 37b9b39..bb0aff8 100644
--- a/lal.spec
+++ b/lal.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package lal
+# spec file
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
@@ -36,13 +36,15 @@
 # No support for octave >= 6
 %bcond_with octave
 Name:           lal%{psuffix}
-Version:        7.2.0
+Version:        7.2.4
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A collection of various gravitational wave data analysis routines
 License:        GPL-2.0-only
 Group:          Productivity/Scientific/Physics
 URL:            https://wiki.ligo.org/Computing/LALSuite
 Source:         https://software.igwn.org/sources/source/lalsuite/lal-%{version}.tar.xz
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM -- See https://git.ligo.org/lscsoft/lalsuite/-/commit/847f9f1bf9c8e029db6426de098a963d542ab08b.patch
+Patch0:         swig_4_1_compat.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy-devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy}
diff --git a/swig_4_1_compat.patch b/swig_4_1_compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..592f647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swig_4_1_compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 847f9f1bf9c8e029db6426de098a963d542ab08b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Karl Wette <karl.wette@ligo.org>
+Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 17:15:19 +1100
+Subject: [PATCH] SWIG: compatibility with version 4.1.0
+
+- -py3 is deprecated
+- %typemaps_string_alloc() needs an extra argument
+---
+ gnuscripts/lalsuite_swig.m4 | 8 +++++++-
+ lal/swig/SWIGCommon.i       | 8 ++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/swig/SWIGCommon.i b/swig/SWIGCommon.i
+index caf7d8f365..bb6dc62e6e 100644
+--- a/swig/SWIGCommon.i
++++ b/swig/SWIGCommon.i
+@@ -1809,10 +1809,18 @@ if (strides[I-1] == 0) {
+     return res;
+   }
+ }
++#if SWIG_VERSION >= 0x040100
++%typemaps_string_alloc(%checkcode(STRING), %checkcode(char),
++                       SWIGWARN_TYPEMAP_CHARLEAK_MSG, char, LALchar,
++                       SWIG_AsLALcharPtrAndSize, SWIG_FromLALcharPtrAndSize,
++                       strlen, SWIG_strnlen, %swiglal_new_copy_array, XLALFree,
++                       "<limits.h>", CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX);
++#else
+ %typemaps_string_alloc(%checkcode(STRING), %checkcode(char), char, LALchar,
+                        SWIG_AsLALcharPtrAndSize, SWIG_FromLALcharPtrAndSize,
+                        strlen, SWIG_strnlen, %swiglal_new_copy_array, XLALFree,
+                        "<limits.h>", CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX);
++#endif
+ 
+ ///
+ /// Typemaps for string pointers.  By default, treat arguments of type <tt>char**</tt> as output-only
+-- 
+GitLab
+