diff --git a/dev-util/valabind/Manifest b/dev-util/valabind/Manifest
index ba4e80ee3..479d15ffc 100644
--- a/dev-util/valabind/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/valabind/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-DIST valabind-1.4.0.tar.gz 52290 BLAKE2B e27a076c05a2d9122516a7aa068fc3a93030bdecf60cea504e0683149533f855ca7666251982ae53b19911a6d481ac6d60f433e5619c6b44b68aaf268f95ac19 SHA512 67ca244f002dc1558455ee8648aacc7902049101cf6ac85bc982b975a129343cc4e262556d6210fec2add739ddb2ef673be87b2aaaaad23c2122cc9ca666fb24
 DIST valabind-1.7.1.tar.gz 58321 BLAKE2B 69fe38b51053128b9baeddd137abb8acb685bad95ba3743d5f5a5ec423a020c3506361716f88eb8de67211fdefde625709e98fdd4957e1b082c7c3915a6f75be SHA512 b82c733777e0caf449cd27f0ed3597a108462072c5663945ec03f4c1da90d389313c0f3ca0f6db2d52c7f80d09b1751992f733454358cd428c2571b7e53850a4
+DIST valabind-1.7.2.tar.gz 58633 BLAKE2B f6936154960606b203d89aabbfd205c1a47940cac891a2ba8b469ef9b488a6d655f81a432db4a93e58cfc785a7f97873ce320648a6c26b8a8f1154a69e11391b SHA512 52b944eaf5cbe07ef1b6601141544d3549d9e6aa0470d67a5e1dd967d591ff033f0426b4159a762896647863de70d510abd6e0146c5ee8e8891d12047868d9f3
diff --git a/dev-util/valabind/valabind-1.4.0.ebuild b/dev-util/valabind/valabind-1.7.2.ebuild
similarity index 79%
rename from dev-util/valabind/valabind-1.4.0.ebuild
rename to dev-util/valabind/valabind-1.7.2.ebuild
index 76505db46..52b4387e9 100644
--- a/dev-util/valabind/valabind-1.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/valabind/valabind-1.7.2.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-VALA_MIN_API_VERSION=0.32
+VALA_MIN_API_VERSION=0.40
 VALA_USE_DEPEND=vapigen
 inherit vala
 
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ src_prepare() {
 	sed -i -e "s:^GIT_TIP:#GIT_TIP:" Makefile || die
 	#they don't detect version properly either
 	sed -i -e "s:=valac:=valac-$(vala_best_api_version):" Makefile || die
-	sed -i -e "s:\$(shell ./getvv):libvala-$(vala_best_api_version):" Makefile || die
+	sed -i -e "s:\$(shell ./getvv):vala-$(vala_best_api_version):" Makefile || die
 	eapply_user
 }
 
+src_configure() {
+	econf VALAC=valac-$(vala_best_api_version) VALA=vala-$(vala_best_api_version)
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	emake DESTDIR="${ED}" install
 }