diff --git a/matrix-synapse.spec b/matrix-synapse.spec
index 3fc6b82..dd1933b 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.spec
+++ b/matrix-synapse.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 %{?python_enable_dependency_generator}
 
 Name:       matrix-%{srcname}
-Version:    1.6.1
+Version:    1.7.2
 Release:    1%{?dist}
 Summary:    A Matrix reference homeserver written in Python using Twisted
 License:    ASL 2.0
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ rm -rf synapse/static
 %install
 %py3_install
 
+# Synapse includes some benchmarks in a separate Python package named "synmark"
+# which is installed by default. Remove it to avoid shipping it in the Fedora
+# package, since it is unlikely to be useful to end users.
+rm -r %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/synmark/
+
 install -p -D -T -m 0644 contrib/systemd/log_config.yaml %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/synapse/log_config.yaml
 install -p -D -T -m 0644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/synapse
 install -p -D -T -m 0644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/synapse.service
@@ -125,6 +130,9 @@ exit 0
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Dec 31 2019 Dan Callaghan <djc@djc.id.au> - 1.7.2-1
+- Update to v1.7.2
+
 * Tue Dec 03 2019 Dan Callaghan <djc@djc.id.au> - 1.6.1-1
 - Update to v1.6.1
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 49f3c2e..8c203b4 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (synapse-1.6.1.tar.gz) = 4fa30aae76f326ad4a58ca6abc6cadd3935cd0512601c004a3c48d5c6e847a35e032b75c6e75701cf5b15faf5767363efc595c29bccbd15d5821fb7a701830ae
+SHA512 (synapse-1.7.2.tar.gz) = 076a422de3f57f26090309a6dff2f35c6dc2b5076cc65cb6d371b7bfd9fecac22e73c4d38e588840be962950ef22b5ab662590cbc7c9d32f1330c76756febc3d