diff --git a/Pkgfile b/Pkgfile
index 358f6f93c..1109c3596 100644
--- a/Pkgfile
+++ b/Pkgfile
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ vars:
   libsepol_sha512: 85d12d0ba5a7a3225f08d041a18fd59641608db5e0a78a1e9649754e45be54a807cd422d4889b88da6e806b4af546336c7a0913448f08ac33dc6ffb983890ef8
 
   # renovate: datasource=git-tags extractVersion=^libcap-(?<version>.*)$ depName=git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libcap/libcap.git
-  libcap_version: 2.71
+  libcap_version: 2.72
   libcap_sha256: b7006c9af5168315f35fc734bf1a8d2aa70766bd8b8c4340962e05b19c35b900
   libcap_sha512: 59bb6781d96776595ad3df890f4e5188380634eabbb6128f3a5307946b01cf3bd19dee8a29d3e501de1d9e1c6ed0092c4cd5adc91da227a1260c1f4356cc0bf3