diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf b/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
index 7ccce5354..c9b9b6df7 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ FEATURE_PACKAGES_dey-wireless = "packagegroup-dey-wireless"
 
 # Our layer only provides version 5.41, which we want to keep because
 # it was used for Bluetooth certification. However by default the newer
-# 5.65 version should be used, which is provided by the poky layer.
-PREFERRED_VERSION_bluez5 ?= "5.65"
+# 5.72 version should be used, which is provided by the poky layer.
+PREFERRED_VERSION_bluez5 ?= "5.72"
 
 # There's a generic opencl-headers recipe in the thud branch of
 # meta-openembedded, but we should use the package provided by the imx-gpu-viv
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0001-bluetooth.service-add-Digi-customizations.patch b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0001-bluetooth.service-add-Digi-customizations.patch
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rename from meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0001-bluetooth.service-add-Digi-customizations.patch
rename to meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0001-bluetooth.service-add-Digi-customizations.patch
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0002-hcitool-do-not-show-unsupported-refresh-option.patch b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0002-hcitool-do-not-show-unsupported-refresh-option.patch
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rename from meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0002-hcitool-do-not-show-unsupported-refresh-option.patch
rename to meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0002-hcitool-do-not-show-unsupported-refresh-option.patch
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0003-hcitool-increase-the-shown-connection-limit-to-20.patch b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0003-hcitool-increase-the-shown-connection-limit-to-20.patch
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rename from meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0003-hcitool-increase-the-shown-connection-limit-to-20.patch
rename to meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0003-hcitool-increase-the-shown-connection-limit-to-20.patch
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0004-port-test-discovery-to-python3.patch b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0004-port-test-discovery-to-python3.patch
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rename from meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0004-port-test-discovery-to-python3.patch
rename to meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0004-port-test-discovery-to-python3.patch
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0005-Add-hciattach-rome-support-for-Qualcomm-chip-QCA6564.patch b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0005-Add-hciattach-rome-support-for-Qualcomm-chip-QCA6564.patch
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rename from meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0005-Add-hciattach-rome-support-for-Qualcomm-chip-QCA6564.patch
rename to meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0005-Add-hciattach-rome-support-for-Qualcomm-chip-QCA6564.patch
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0006-hciattach_rome-Respect-the-user-indication-for-noflo.patch b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0006-hciattach_rome-Respect-the-user-indication-for-noflo.patch
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rename from meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0006-hciattach_rome-Respect-the-user-indication-for-noflo.patch
rename to meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0006-hciattach_rome-Respect-the-user-indication-for-noflo.patch
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0007-hciattach-If-the-user-supplies-a-bdaddr-use-it.patch b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0007-hciattach-If-the-user-supplies-a-bdaddr-use-it.patch
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rename from meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0007-hciattach-If-the-user-supplies-a-bdaddr-use-it.patch
rename to meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0007-hciattach-If-the-user-supplies-a-bdaddr-use-it.patch
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0008-hciattach-Add-verbosity-option.patch b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0008-hciattach-Add-verbosity-option.patch
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rename from meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0008-hciattach-Add-verbosity-option.patch
rename to meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0008-hciattach-Add-verbosity-option.patch
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0009-bdaddr-support-setting-MAC-address-for-NXP-iw612.patch b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0009-bdaddr-support-setting-MAC-address-for-NXP-iw612.patch
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rename from meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.65/0009-bdaddr-support-setting-MAC-address-for-NXP-iw612.patch
rename to meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5-5.72/0009-bdaddr-support-setting-MAC-address-for-NXP-iw612.patch
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5_5.65.bbappend b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5_5.72.bbappend
similarity index 96%
rename from meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5_5.65.bbappend
rename to meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5_5.72.bbappend
index 8d57c5773..5a9a085d7 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5_5.65.bbappend
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez5_5.72.bbappend
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2015-2023, Digi International Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2024, Digi International Inc.
 
 FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/${BPN}:${THISDIR}/${BP}:"
 
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ SRC_URI:append:ccimx6sbc = " \
 "
 
 do_install:append() {
+	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/bluetooth/
 	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/main.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}/bluetooth/
 	sed -i -e "s,##BT_DEVICE_NAME##,${BT_DEVICE_NAME},g" \
 		${D}${sysconfdir}/bluetooth/main.conf