diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/snapper/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/snapper/default.nix
index 563232dbe53d..80b66026848e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/snapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/snapper/default.nix
@@ -5,23 +5,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "snapper-${version}";
-  version = "0.5.0";
+  version = "0.7.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "openSUSE";
     repo = "snapper";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "14hrv23film4iihyclcvc2r2dgxl8w3as50r81xjjc85iyp6yxkm";
+    sha256 = "1dm1kf4wrbcaaagxgbc8q0f5j9dq3bmp6ycl7zx8p70s4nv3xnbc";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Fix build with new Boost
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/openSUSE/snapper/commit/2e3812d2c1d1f54861fb79f5c2b0197de96a00a3.patch";
-      sha256 = "0yrzss1v7lmcvkajmchz917yqsvlsdfz871szzw790v6pql1322s";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook pkgconfig
     docbook_xsl libxslt docbook_xml_dtd_45