diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
index 706e292732b0..a7d52d0ff37e 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
@@ -703,11 +703,11 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (self: with self; {
   }) {};
 
   libX11 = callPackage ({ stdenv, pkg-config, fetchurl, xorgproto, libxcb, xtrans }: stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    name = "libX11-1.7.1";
+    name = "libX11-1.7.2";
     builder = ./builder.sh;
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libX11-1.7.1.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "0isxad59hvdwggbxqqjjjg3zmih9xiq4d9mdsnqbyb2nmbg46kp6";
+      url = "mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libX11-1.7.2.tar.bz2";
+      sha256 = "0v7aj8q3rlchdyfwdna7n7vgpyzyir391dlv5rwy9fxagbikbyhw";
     };
     hardeningDisable = [ "bindnow" "relro" ];
     nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list
index 139dd60eb3f2..1a04dbf476e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/tarballs.list
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libICE-1.0.10.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libpciaccess-0.16.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libSM-1.2.3.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libWindowsWM-1.0.1.tar.bz2
-mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libX11-1.7.1.tar.bz2
+mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libX11-1.7.2.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXau-1.0.9.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXaw-1.0.14.tar.bz2
 mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libXaw3d-1.6.3.tar.bz2