diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 24d0e1347..8fe379ff6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ CORE_ABI?=	19.1
 CORE_ARCH?=	${ARCH}
 CORE_FLAVOUR=	${FLAVOUR}
 CORE_OPENVPN?=	# empty
-CORE_PHP?=	71
+CORE_PHP?=	72
 CORE_PYTHON2?=	27
 CORE_PYTHON3?=	36
 CORE_RADVD?=	1