diff --git a/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm b/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
index 3c6b61499a8..953b09a325b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2020, 2021 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Brett Gilio <brettg@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
+;;; Copyright © 2021 Pierre Langlois <pierre.langlois@gmx.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -1196,14 +1197,14 @@ three libraries:
 (define-public python-libvirt
   (package
     (name "python-libvirt")
-    (version "5.8.0")
+    (version "7.2.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append "https://libvirt.org/sources/python/libvirt-python-"
                            version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "0kyz3lx49d8p75mvbzinxc1zgs8g7adn77y9bm15b8b4ad9zl5s6"))))
+        (base32 "1ryfimhf47s9k4n0gys233bh15l68fccs2bvj8bjwqjm9k2vmhy0"))))
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:phases