diff --git a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject_introspection-1.73.0.recipe b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject_introspection-1.78.1.recipe
similarity index 96%
rename from dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject_introspection-1.73.0.recipe
rename to dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject_introspection-1.78.1.recipe
index 05a000665..374f8470d 100644
--- a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject_introspection-1.73.0.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject_introspection-1.78.1.recipe
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2
 	MIT"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gobject-introspection/${portVersion%.*}/gobject-introspection-$portVersion.tar.xz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="d645218ce1451285b8b4f0935e35dbc1e419f50ceb643b7d66f59e38fcc08776"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="bd7babd99af7258e76819e45ba4a6bc399608fe762d83fde3cac033c50841bb4"
 SOURCE_DIR="gobject-introspection-$portVersion"
 PATCHES="gobject_introspection-$portVersion.patchset"
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:meson
 	cmd:ninja
 	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
-	cmd:python3 >= 3.7
+	cmd:python3
 	cmd:which
 	"
 
diff --git a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/patches/gobject_introspection-1.73.0.patchset b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/patches/gobject_introspection-1.78.1.patchset
similarity index 90%
rename from dev-libs/gobject-introspection/patches/gobject_introspection-1.73.0.patchset
rename to dev-libs/gobject-introspection/patches/gobject_introspection-1.78.1.patchset
index 3b9d1b4a9..43604aa2c 100644
--- a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/patches/gobject_introspection-1.73.0.patchset
+++ b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/patches/gobject_introspection-1.78.1.patchset
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From eaf8d92cb3a9a1b488fc6c1e31f808068b70f624 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 3e04269367381663b6d751a77f144e2ef69210ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: begasus <begasus@gmail.com>
 Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:22:46 +0000
 Subject: Use objdump -x instead of ldd
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ index 9f8ab5d..c2c7987 100644
              args.extend(['ldd', binary.args[0]])
          output = subprocess.check_output(args)
 -- 
-2.30.2
+2.37.3