diff --git a/contrib/src/opendht/SHA512SUMS b/contrib/src/opendht/SHA512SUMS
index 5b7b4043cf458f9fb8b879832a5e314c844e2597..cc882019a1f9dc91ddc27537f3a2cdabddef7417 100644
--- a/contrib/src/opendht/SHA512SUMS
+++ b/contrib/src/opendht/SHA512SUMS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-259eacd018254a7bb72e56f107f88a3ada2853229e8c9f810e85343e5d689b710155cacaf16009973afe0c2d48a1a58153765fefe60de1b145aef5bcc9b52b47  opendht-1.7.1.tar.gz
+4aac858947bafa07c4c844cb9cb68992b337583c4060da2adec6f990f347659501bb6e4b2d8636830350b2210a680e752011fb392deac47bed32ab2883d71138  opendht-1.7.2rc1.tar.gz
diff --git a/contrib/src/opendht/rules.mak b/contrib/src/opendht/rules.mak
index 157be19705c3defef7f077c25a7f1ced224a856c..2244e825b0eb2da833c8acd644135280b92701a1 100644
--- a/contrib/src/opendht/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/opendht/rules.mak
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # OPENDHT
-OPENDHT_VERSION := 1.7.1
+OPENDHT_VERSION := 1.7.2rc1
 OPENDHT_URL := https://github.com/savoirfairelinux/opendht/archive/$(OPENDHT_VERSION).tar.gz
 
 PKGS += opendht