diff --git a/package/bluez5_utils-headers/bluez5_utils-headers.mk b/package/bluez5_utils-headers/bluez5_utils-headers.mk
index 0790dd7e0e..74b385e110 100644
--- a/package/bluez5_utils-headers/bluez5_utils-headers.mk
+++ b/package/bluez5_utils-headers/bluez5_utils-headers.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 # Keep the version and patches in sync with bluez5_utils
-BLUEZ5_UTILS_HEADERS_VERSION = 5.68
+BLUEZ5_UTILS_HEADERS_VERSION = 5.72
 BLUEZ5_UTILS_HEADERS_SOURCE = bluez-$(BLUEZ5_UTILS_VERSION).tar.xz
 BLUEZ5_UTILS_HEADERS_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/bluetooth
 BLUEZ5_UTILS_HEADERS_DL_SUBDIR = bluez5_utils
diff --git a/package/bluez5_utils/0001-configure-Check-ell-path.patch b/package/bluez5_utils/0001-configure-Check-ell-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e5f7c6516..0000000000
--- a/package/bluez5_utils/0001-configure-Check-ell-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-From 124187ef9abed60a7c40f751153e9c4516cd1f91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Rudi Heitbaum <rudi@heitbaum.com>
-Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2023 01:31:20 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] configure: Check ell path
-
-Use of AC_CHECK_FILE prevents cross compilation.
-Instead use test to support cross compiling.
-
-Signed-off-by: Rudi Heitbaum <rudi@heitbaum.com>
-
-Upstream: https://github.com/bluez/bluez/pull/546
-
-Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd@kuhls.net>
----
- configure.ac | 7 ++++---
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index eff297960..bc7edfcd3 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -298,9 +298,10 @@ if (test "${enable_external_ell}" = "yes"); then
- 	AC_SUBST(ELL_LIBS)
- fi
- if (test "${enable_external_ell}" != "yes"); then
--	AC_CHECK_FILE(${srcdir}/ell/ell.h, dummy=yes,
--			AC_CHECK_FILE(${srcdir}/../ell/ell/ell.h, dummy=yes,
--				AC_MSG_ERROR(ELL source is required or use --enable-external-ell)))
-+	if (test ! -f ${srcdir}/ell/ell.h) &&
-+			(test ! -f ${srcdir}/../ell/ell/ell.h); then
-+				AC_MSG_ERROR(ELL source is required or use --enable-external-ell)
-+	fi
- fi
- AM_CONDITIONAL(EXTERNAL_ELL, test "${enable_external_ell}" = "yes" ||
- 				(test "${enable_btpclient}" != "yes" &&
diff --git a/package/bluez5_utils/bluez5_utils.hash b/package/bluez5_utils/bluez5_utils.hash
index 45952e60f1..46680cf3c9 100644
--- a/package/bluez5_utils/bluez5_utils.hash
+++ b/package/bluez5_utils/bluez5_utils.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/bluetooth/sha256sums.asc:
-sha256  fc505e6445cb579a55cacee6821fe70d633921522043d322b696de0a175ff933  bluez-5.68.tar.xz
+sha256  499d7fa345a996c1bb650f5c6749e1d929111fa6ece0be0e98687fee6124536e  bluez-5.72.tar.xz
 # Locally computed
 sha256  b499eddebda05a8859e32b820a64577d91f1de2b52efa2a1575a2cb4000bc259  COPYING
 sha256  ec60b993835e2c6b79e6d9226345f4e614e686eb57dc13b6420c15a33a8996e5  COPYING.LIB
diff --git a/package/bluez5_utils/bluez5_utils.mk b/package/bluez5_utils/bluez5_utils.mk
index 82800c0430..3ccb63948c 100644
--- a/package/bluez5_utils/bluez5_utils.mk
+++ b/package/bluez5_utils/bluez5_utils.mk
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 # Keep the version and patches in sync with bluez5_utils-headers
-BLUEZ5_UTILS_VERSION = 5.68
+BLUEZ5_UTILS_VERSION = 5.72
 BLUEZ5_UTILS_SOURCE = bluez-$(BLUEZ5_UTILS_VERSION).tar.xz
 BLUEZ5_UTILS_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/bluetooth
 BLUEZ5_UTILS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-# 0001-configure-Check-ell-path.patch
-BLUEZ5_UTILS_AUTORECONF = YES
 BLUEZ5_UTILS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.1+
 BLUEZ5_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
 BLUEZ5_UTILS_CPE_ID_VENDOR = bluez