diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 94db58221..7441fa33a 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name := "codepropertygraph"
 
 // parsed by project/Versions.scala, updated by updateDependencies.sh
 val overflowdbVersion = "1.151"
-val overflowdbCodegenVersion = "2.71"
+val overflowdbCodegenVersion = "2.72"
 
 inThisBuild(
   List(
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index ee68cfa48..061ac0f81 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ addSbtPlugin("io.shiftleft"      % "sbt-ci-release-early" % "2.0.18")
 addSbtPlugin("com.dwijnand"      % "sbt-dynver"           % "4.1.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt"  % "sbt-native-packager"  % "1.3.5")
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala"     % "sbt-scalafix"         % "0.9.27")
-addSbtPlugin("io.shiftleft"      % "sbt-overflowdb"       % "2.53")
+addSbtPlugin("io.shiftleft"      % "sbt-overflowdb"       % "2.72")