diff --git a/libs/glib2/Makefile b/libs/glib2/Makefile
index 5ded2fbddf..7dc30ddd7e 100644
--- a/libs/glib2/Makefile
+++ b/libs/glib2/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=glib2
-PKG_VERSION:=2.74.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=5
+PKG_VERSION:=2.78.4
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=glib-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/glib/$(basename $(PKG_VERSION))
-PKG_HASH:=3652c7f072d7b031a6b5edd623f77ebc5dcd2ae698598abcc89ff39ca75add30
+PKG_HASH:=24b8e0672dca120cc32d394bccb85844e732e04fe75d18bb0573b2dbc7548f63
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Peter Wagner <tripolar@gmx.at>
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1-or-later
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ define Package/glib2
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
   DEPENDS:=$(ICONV_DEPENDS) $(INTL_DEPENDS) +zlib +libpthread +libffi +libattr +libpcre2
   TITLE:=glib 2.0
-  URL:=http://www.gtk.org/
+  URL:=https://www.gtk.org/
 endef
 
 define Package/glib2/description
@@ -48,16 +48,8 @@ endef
 COMP_ARGS= \
 	-Dselinux=disabled \
 	-Dlibmount=disabled \
-	-Dman=false \
-	-Ddtrace=false \
-	-Dsystemtap=false \
-	-Dsysprof=disabled \
-	-Dgtk_doc=false \
-	-Dbsymbolic_functions=true \
 	-Dforce_posix_threads=true \
 	-Dtests=false \
-	-Dinstalled_tests=false \
-	-Doss_fuzz=disabled \
 	-Dglib_debug=disabled \
 	-Dglib_assert=false \
 	-Dglib_checks=true \
diff --git a/libs/glib2/patches/006-c99.patch b/libs/glib2/patches/006-c99.patch
index de348d3850..8a4dce00c6 100644
--- a/libs/glib2/patches/006-c99.patch
+++ b/libs/glib2/patches/006-c99.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/meson.build
 +++ b/meson.build
-@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ if host_system == 'windows' and (cc.get_
+@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ if host_system == 'windows' and (cc.get_
    glib_conf.set('HAVE_C99_SNPRINTF', false)
    glib_conf.set('HAVE_C99_VSNPRINTF', false)
    glib_conf.set('HAVE_UNIX98_PRINTF', false)
diff --git a/libs/glib2/patches/010-pcre.patch b/libs/glib2/patches/010-pcre.patch
index 87b32e73e9..ead8f7f233 100644
--- a/libs/glib2/patches/010-pcre.patch
+++ b/libs/glib2/patches/010-pcre.patch
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 --- a/glib/meson.build
 +++ b/glib/meson.build
-@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ pcre2_static_args = []
+@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ pcre2_static_args = []
  
  if use_pcre2_static_flag
    pcre2_static_args = ['-DPCRE2_STATIC']
 +  pcre2 = pcre2.as_link_whole()
  endif
  
- glib_c_args = ['-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="GLib"', '-DGLIB_COMPILATION'] + pcre2_static_args + glib_hidden_visibility_args
+ glib_c_args = ['-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="GLib"'] + glib_c_args_internal + pcre2_static_args
diff --git a/libs/glib2/patches/020-locale.patch b/libs/glib2/patches/020-locale.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e171d58e13..0000000000
--- a/libs/glib2/patches/020-locale.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From ebcc3c01db27b79af38b42c3c52a79d0225f744c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Seungha Yang <seungha@centricular.com>
-Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 04:56:20 +0900
-Subject: [PATCH] glib-mkenums: Specify output encoding as UTF-8 explicitly for
- non-English locale
-
-Fixup regression introduced by
-https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/2797
----
- gobject/glib-mkenums.in | 3 +++
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
-
---- a/gobject/glib-mkenums.in
-+++ b/gobject/glib-mkenums.in
-@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ import errno
- import codecs
- import locale
- 
-+# Non-english locale systems might complain to unrecognized character
-+sys.stdout = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stdout.detach(), encoding='utf-8')
-+
- VERSION_STR = '''glib-mkenums version @VERSION@
- glib-mkenums comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
- You may redistribute copies of glib-mkenums under the terms of