diff --git a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.hash b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.hash
index 645bc6a0ae..c74d7f9ba6 100644
--- a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.hash
+++ b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Upstream .sha256 from https://github.com/troglobit/sysklogd/releases/tag/v2.7.1
-sha256  69944b2227647bf47ee01c9f482d19a79dbf2b53b8ce8ded0486b08db8c68c40  sysklogd-2.7.1.tar.gz
+# Upstream .sha256 from https://github.com/troglobit/sysklogd/releases/tag/v2.7.2
+sha256  bc410ca64551a11fac6518b418fb6b8afbd888a70af2c5eb353334a706727bca  sysklogd-2.7.2.tar.gz
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  7a71d7603a7c4456df441463e54da35acf151c1be0879246de63544f1f34f477  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
index a3e27fd17b..baafc38083 100644
--- a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
+++ b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-SYSKLOGD_VERSION = 2.7.1
+SYSKLOGD_VERSION = 2.7.2
 SYSKLOGD_SITE = https://github.com/troglobit/sysklogd/releases/download/v$(SYSKLOGD_VERSION)
 SYSKLOGD_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 SYSKLOGD_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE