diff --git a/contrib/src/jsoncpp/SHA512SUMS b/contrib/src/jsoncpp/SHA512SUMS
index 614157b75c53f1b57b069cf75eb70570379ce2f2..e42d7f81103ec6a3daf6685de185c618fc346985 100644
--- a/contrib/src/jsoncpp/SHA512SUMS
+++ b/contrib/src/jsoncpp/SHA512SUMS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-589153d525ffde15e10f1ef6907c6b5d0f62a41c8cebdc12fe2bc4d989bcd861cdac79526de2f51872c0a17e574bf0fd8c913f0aa301c184efa1e3f2fb2b1955  jsoncpp-1.6.5.tar.gz
+32702147229ea7a3679654325572c38f4188f258ab6ac21f9e04059d53ef2a7cd0542ec4ec3b0e7b9089acd2b7bce389f16b9ff24b2e63e0ba2a5bcd46bab766  jsoncpp-1.7.2.tar.gz
diff --git a/contrib/src/jsoncpp/rules.mak b/contrib/src/jsoncpp/rules.mak
index b23b0e677478548d56cddd5613510e7ccb72027f..5be14e876fb466596d347a58e1452b26ebe1b553 100644
--- a/contrib/src/jsoncpp/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/jsoncpp/rules.mak
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # JSONCPP
-JSONCPP_VERSION := 1.6.5
+JSONCPP_VERSION := 1.7.2
 JSONCPP_URL := https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/archive/$(JSONCPP_VERSION).tar.gz
 
 PKGS += jsoncpp