diff --git a/libconfig-1.7.2.tar.gz b/libconfig-1.7.2.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..120e7c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libconfig-1.7.2.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:7c3c7a9c73ff3302084386e96f903eb62ce06953bb1666235fac74363a16fad9
+size 721362
diff --git a/libconfig-1.7.tar.gz b/libconfig-1.7.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 7aab68f..0000000
--- a/libconfig-1.7.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:6f7ce87ecfe11327ec7f9f3a016c5007286b327eee1adf5145ff70238b379304
-size 1537412
diff --git a/libconfig.changes b/libconfig.changes
index 9e75e69..6981b6d 100644
--- a/libconfig.changes
+++ b/libconfig.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 21 12:23:11 UTC 2018 - astieger@suse.com
+
+- libconfig 1.7.2:
+  * fix a slow memory leak
+- includes changes from 1.7.1:
+  * Fixed a bug that caused incorrect processing of strings with
+    escape sequences.
+  * Added a new 'fsync' configuration option.
+- switch to upstream bootstrapped tarball
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 26 17:06:46 CEST 2018 - kukuk@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libconfig.spec b/libconfig.spec
index 4a6376b..f7673c8 100644
--- a/libconfig.spec
+++ b/libconfig.spec
@@ -18,21 +18,16 @@
 
 %define _soversion 11
 Name:           libconfig
-Version:        1.7
+Version:        1.7.2
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A library for manipulating structured configuration files
 License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Url:            https://hyperrealm.github.io/libconfig
-Source0:        https://github.com/hyperrealm/libconfig/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+URL:            https://hyperrealm.github.io/libconfig
+Source:         https://hyperrealm.github.io/libconfig/dist/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        baselibs.conf
-BuildRequires:  autoconf
-BuildRequires:  automake
-BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
-BuildRequires:  flex
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  makeinfo
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 
@@ -100,17 +95,11 @@ This package contains the C++ bindings development files.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
-# remove autogenerated files
-pushd lib > /dev/null
-rm scanner.c scanner.h grammar.c grammar.h
-popd > /dev/null
-
 %build
-autoreconf -fvi
 %configure \
   --disable-silent-rules \
   --disable-static
-make -j1
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 %make_install
@@ -118,7 +107,7 @@ find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 %fdupes -s %{buildroot}%{_docdir}
 
 %check
-./tests/libconfig_tests
+make %{?_smp_mflags} check
 
 %post -n libconfig%{_soversion} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n libconfig%{_soversion} -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -152,7 +141,7 @@ find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 %{_includedir}/libconfig.h++
 %{_libdir}/libconfig++.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libconfig++.pc
-%{_infodir}/libconfig.info%{ext_info}
+%{_infodir}/libconfig.info%{?ext_info}
 %dir %{_libdir}/cmake
 %dir %{_libdir}/cmake/libconfig
 %dir %{_libdir}/cmake/libconfig++