diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/io/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/io/default.nix
index ca3b8b642a61..a4d8e7e91299 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/io/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/io/default.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 
 buildOctavePackage rec {
   pname = "io";
-  version = "2.7.1";
+  version = "2.7.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-G49gAZ/lzir1YwEAPjBGRjNJ3VMxI+iXnsS0yev8f2s=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-vKrKrqDHCa+nQRXwLp1fS2zO3dgS1ajYQ7/F293uYKQ=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = lib.optional enableJava jdk;