diff --git a/nixos/tests/zoom-us.nix b/nixos/tests/zoom-us.nix
index a8a6a3f2f9ea..aa5a082d403d 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/zoom-us.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/zoom-us.nix
@@ -10,11 +10,38 @@
     };
 
   testScript = ''
+    import time
+
     machine.succeed("which zoom")  # fail early if this is missing
     machine.wait_for_x()
-    machine.execute("zoom >&2 &")
-    machine.wait_for_window("Zoom Workplace")
+    machine.execute("zoom > /tmp/zoom-us.log 2>&1 & echo $! > /tmp/zoom-us.pid")
+
+    def has_zoom_window():
+        return any("Zoom Workplace" in name for name in machine.get_window_names())
+
+    # Zoom should open its main window shortly after startup. Poll for it, but
+    # stop as soon as the launcher process exits (for example because of a
+    # missing shared library) instead of waiting for the whole window timeout.
+    deadline = time.time() + 120
+    while not has_zoom_window():
+        if machine.execute("kill -0 $(cat /tmp/zoom-us.pid)")[0] != 0:
+            raise Exception(
+                "zoom exited before opening its main window:\n"
+                + machine.execute("cat /tmp/zoom-us.log")[1]
+            )
+        if time.time() > deadline:
+            raise Exception(
+                "timed out waiting for the Zoom Workplace window:\n"
+                + machine.execute("cat /tmp/zoom-us.log")[1]
+            )
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+    # The window should stay open for a while instead of crashing on startup.
     machine.sleep(20)
-    machine.wait_for_window("Zoom Workplace")
+    if not has_zoom_window():
+        raise Exception(
+            "the Zoom Workplace window disappeared shortly after startup:\n"
+            + machine.execute("cat /tmp/zoom-us.log")[1]
+        )
   '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/zo/zoom-us/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/zo/zoom-us/package.nix
index f867eb87f659..20dfc04afa6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/zo/zoom-us/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/zo/zoom-us/package.nix
@@ -54,20 +54,20 @@ let
   # Zoom versions are released at different times per platform and often with different versions.
   # We write them on three lines like this (rather than using {}) so that the updater script can
   # find where to edit them.
-  versions.aarch64-darwin = "7.1.5.84650";
+  versions.aarch64-darwin = "7.2.2.88465";
 
   # This is the fallback version so that evaluation can produce a meaningful result.
-  versions.x86_64-linux = "7.1.5.4332";
+  versions.x86_64-linux = "7.2.1.5760";
 
   srcs = {
     aarch64-darwin = fetchurl {
       url = "https://zoom.us/client/${versions.aarch64-darwin}/zoomusInstallerFull.pkg?archType=arm64";
       name = "zoomusInstallerFull.pkg";
-      hash = "sha256-Sc9wr2dBdvNwi507UZ9YVCTEQsz3RP2WWTJ5Z5ccgnk=";
+      hash = "sha256-/xXZJu9acUxmg8wj7WKKfC/EPQgKiKxUr04gC6A6JFY=";
     };
     x86_64-linux = fetchurl {
       url = "https://zoom.us/client/${versions.x86_64-linux}/zoom_x86_64.pkg.tar.xz";
-      hash = "sha256-5znZNrySgRrs9I5zhqN5p5dPfXpEHXKf8o2dWeYTPso=";
+      hash = "sha256-Nuh5j0L1bqinPHcqrFlKMPFqGqTRUdYVdrPcgufS5Qo=";
     };
   };
 
@@ -181,8 +181,9 @@ let
       pkgs.pipewire
       pkgs.qt6.qtbase
       pkgs.qt6.qtdeclarative
-      pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc
+      pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc.lib # only libstdc++, libatomic and libgomp are needed at runtime
       pkgs.udev
+      pkgs.util-linux.lib # provides libuuid.so.1, which Zoom 7.2 links against
       pkgs.wayland
       pkgs.libx11
       pkgs.libxcomposite