diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/renpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/renpy/default.nix
index 947f0580903..1b40c71e2ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/renpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/renpy/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ with pythonPackages;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "renpy-${version}";
-  version = "7.1.3";
+  version = "7.2.0";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine";
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.renpy.org/dl/${version}/renpy-${version}-source.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0z6s1vzjb5jh0i79pv5kgynfrzqj1a1f3afrpmp2aaqbrljkidbn";
+    sha256 = "1pnzxmh37zzldvlyklk2wgc8xbh3hm3wwmbl70zdphybjrxvc7i5";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame_sdl2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame_sdl2/default.nix
index 916bf7f692d..18eced7e806 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame_sdl2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame_sdl2/default.nix
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pygame_sdl2";
   version = "2.1.0";
-  renpy_version = "6.99.14";
+  renpy_version = "7.2.0";
   name = "${pname}-${version}-${renpy_version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.renpy.org/dl/${renpy_version}/pygame_sdl2-${version}-for-renpy-${renpy_version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1zsnb2bivbwysgxmfg9iv12arhpf3gqkmqinhciz955hlqv016b9";
+    sha256 = "1amgsb6mm8ssf7vdcs5dr8rlxrgyhh29m4i573z1cw61ynd7vgcw";
   };
 
   # force rebuild of headers needed for install
@@ -17,17 +17,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     rm -rf gen gen3
   '';
 
-  patches = [
-    # fix for recent sdl2
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/apoleon/pygame_sdl2/commit/ced6051f4a4559a725804cc58c079e1efea0a573.patch";
-      sha256 = "08rqjzvdlmmdf8kyd8ws5lzjy1mrwnds4fdy38inkyw7saydcxyr";
-    })
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    SDL2.dev cython
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_ttf SDL2_mixer
-    cython libjpeg libpng
+    libjpeg libpng
   ];