diff --git a/package/libglib2/0002-remove-cpp-requirement.patch b/package/libglib2/0002-remove-cpp-requirement.patch
index c402cbafa5..2f95228932 100644
--- a/package/libglib2/0002-remove-cpp-requirement.patch
+++ b/package/libglib2/0002-remove-cpp-requirement.patch
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ index 4bbf4c2..ac59f4e 100644
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -project('glib', 'c', 'cpp',
 +project('glib', 'c',
-   version : '2.68.4',
+   version : '2.70.0',
    # NOTE: We keep this pinned at 0.49 because that's what Debian 10 ships
    meson_version : '>= 0.49.2',
 @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ project('glib', 'c', 'cpp',
diff --git a/package/libglib2/libglib2.hash b/package/libglib2/libglib2.hash
index d421e025ff..580be3e08e 100644
--- a/package/libglib2/libglib2.hash
+++ b/package/libglib2/libglib2.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/2.68/glib-2.68.4.sha256sum
-sha256  62fd061d08a75492617e625a73e2c05e259f831acbb8e1f8b9c81f23f7993a3b  glib-2.68.4.tar.xz
+# https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/2.70/glib-2.70.0.sha256sum
+sha256  200d7df811c5ba634afbf109f14bb40ba7fde670e89389885da14e27c0840742  glib-2.70.0.tar.xz
 # License files, locally calculated
 sha256  dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk b/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
index af73aeb3bf..d3cba1a8bb 100644
--- a/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
+++ b/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBGLIB2_VERSION_MAJOR = 2.68
-LIBGLIB2_VERSION = $(LIBGLIB2_VERSION_MAJOR).4
+LIBGLIB2_VERSION_MAJOR = 2.70
+LIBGLIB2_VERSION = $(LIBGLIB2_VERSION_MAJOR).0
 LIBGLIB2_SOURCE = glib-$(LIBGLIB2_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBGLIB2_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/$(LIBGLIB2_VERSION_MAJOR)
 LIBGLIB2_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ HOST_LIBGLIB2_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dselinux=disabled \
 	-Dsystemtap=false \
 	-Dxattr=false \
-	-Dinternal_pcre=false \
 	-Dtests=false \
 	-Doss_fuzz=disabled
 
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ HOST_LIBGLIB2_DEPENDENCIES = \
 # bogus installation path once combined with $(DESTDIR).
 LIBGLIB2_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dglib_debug=disabled \
-	-Dinternal_pcre=false \
 	-Dlibelf=disabled \
 	-Dgio_module_dir=/usr/lib/gio/modules \
 	-Dtests=false \