diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 4c55c3b..925dfcc 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <param name="url">https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse.git</param>
     <param name="scm">git</param>
     <param name="versionrewrite-pattern">v(.*)</param>
-    <param name="revision">v1.7.1</param>
+    <param name="revision">v1.7.2</param>
   </service>
   <service name="set_version" mode="disabled"/>
   <service name="tar" mode="buildtime"/>
diff --git a/matrix-synapse-1.7.1.obscpio b/matrix-synapse-1.7.1.obscpio
deleted file mode 100644
index d4a5709..0000000
--- a/matrix-synapse-1.7.1.obscpio
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:d4aafd936edc33a3e6bf13daa55e16ffab396c9980887afc97fb72add41510eb
-size 26247693
diff --git a/matrix-synapse-1.7.2.obscpio b/matrix-synapse-1.7.2.obscpio
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4b5a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matrix-synapse-1.7.2.obscpio
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:2fc8cdfa6b00b2ab6cb66c844543d34cf433cb7b37ad9241aa55cba6509fa6e8
+size 26248717
diff --git a/matrix-synapse-test.spec b/matrix-synapse-test.spec
index 0a06509..dccf32b 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse-test.spec
+++ b/matrix-synapse-test.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 %define         pkgname matrix-synapse
 Name:           %{pkgname}-test
-Version:        1.7.1
+Version:        1.7.2
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Test package for %{pkgname}
 License:        Apache-2.0
diff --git a/matrix-synapse.changes b/matrix-synapse.changes
index 558c549..a4f7ae3 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.changes
+++ b/matrix-synapse.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec 20 18:09:31 UTC 2019 - Aleksa Sarai <asarai@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 1.7.2.
+
+  * Fix a regression introduced in Synapse 1.7.1 which caused errors when
+    attempting to backfill rooms over federation.
+  * Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.7.0 which caused an error on startup when
+    upgrading from versions before 1.3.0.
+
+  The full changelog is included in
+  /usr/share/doc/packages/matrix-synapse/CHANGES.md.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 18 12:02:59 UTC 2019 - Aleksa Sarai <asarai@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/matrix-synapse.obsinfo b/matrix-synapse.obsinfo
index dc6a9ed..eb93378 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.obsinfo
+++ b/matrix-synapse.obsinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: matrix-synapse
-version: 1.7.1
-mtime: 1576662003
-commit: e156c86a7f3d616bcb8fd80d5d319fd9a3d73cb6
+version: 1.7.2
+mtime: 1576839487
+commit: 29794c6bc84b9ba76f041bbc8a180b7421996004
 
diff --git a/matrix-synapse.spec b/matrix-synapse.spec
index 4c2717c..a9ec41f 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.spec
+++ b/matrix-synapse.spec
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 %define         modname synapse
 %define         pkgname matrix-synapse
 Name:           %{pkgname}
-Version:        1.7.1
+Version:        1.7.2
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Matrix protocol reference homeserver
 License:        Apache-2.0