diff --git a/extra/cairo/build b/extra/cairo/build
index 92dafa69..597dfd08 100755
--- a/extra/cairo/build
+++ b/extra/cairo/build
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 sed -i "s/BUILD_SPHINX_TRUE=/BUILD_SPHINX_TRUE='#'/"   configure
 sed -i "s/BUILD_SPHINX_FALSE='#'/BUILD_SPHINX_FALSE=/" configure
 
+# Disable building tests.
+sed -i 's/test perf//g' Makefile.in
+
 ./configure \
     --prefix=/usr \
     --disable-static \
diff --git a/extra/cairo/checksums b/extra/cairo/checksums
index a07be27b..64caafee 100644
--- a/extra/cairo/checksums
+++ b/extra/cairo/checksums
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5e7b29b3f113ef870d1e3ecf8adf21f923396401604bda16d44be45e66052331  cairo-1.16.0.tar.xz
+6b70d4655e2a47a22b101c666f4b29ba746eda4aa8a0f7255b32b2e9408801df  cairo-1.17.2.tar.xz
diff --git a/extra/cairo/sources b/extra/cairo/sources
index e43c5aab..2b77dd0c 100644
--- a/extra/cairo/sources
+++ b/extra/cairo/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-https://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.16.0.tar.xz
+https://cairographics.org/snapshots/cairo-1.17.2.tar.xz
diff --git a/extra/cairo/version b/extra/cairo/version
index 7a092de2..a9652518 100644
--- a/extra/cairo/version
+++ b/extra/cairo/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.16.0 3
+1.17.2 1