diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/geos/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/geos/default.nix
index d857c9931fe..ae8d88d12d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/geos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/geos/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, python }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "geos-3.7.1";
+  name = "geos-3.7.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.osgeo.org/geos/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1312m02xk4sp6f1xdpb9w0ic0zbxg90p5y66qnwidl5fksscf1h0";
+    sha256 = "01vpkncvq1i1191agq03yg1h7d0igj10gv5z2mqk24nnwrdycri1";
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;