diff --git a/build-tools/downloadPangenomeTools b/build-tools/downloadPangenomeTools
index 81b6474d9..1cb7aac80 100755
--- a/build-tools/downloadPangenomeTools
+++ b/build-tools/downloadPangenomeTools
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ fi
 
 # vg
 cd ${pangenomeBuildDir}
-wget -nv --tries=5 --waitretry=3 --timeout=60 --retry-connrefused https://github.com/vgteam/vg/releases/download/v1.71.0/vg
+wget -nv --tries=5 --waitretry=3 --timeout=60 --retry-connrefused https://github.com/vgteam/vg/releases/download/v1.72.0/vg
 chmod +x vg
 if [[ $STATIC_CHECK -ne 1 || $(ldd vg | grep so | wc -l) -eq 0 ]]
 then