diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 4acdc3ef8a1..dcbfdc6645a 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -2041,7 +2041,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/pnet-newer-libgc-fix.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/pnet-newer-texinfo-fix.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/pam-krb5-CVE-2020-10595.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/pango-skip-libthai-test.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/password-store-tree-compat.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/pciutils-hurd64.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/pcsxr-find-harfbuzz.patch			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
index 419afb90507..0b7266846dc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
@@ -387,29 +387,33 @@ applications.")
 (define-public pango
   (package
     (name "pango")
-    (version "1.54.0")
+    (version "1.56.4")
     (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnome/sources/pango/"
-                                  (version-major+minor version) "/"
-                                  name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
-              (patches (search-patches "pango-skip-libthai-test.patch"))
+              (method git-fetch)
+              (uri (git-reference
+                    (url "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango")
+                    (commit version)))
+              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1n0y5l5wfq2a86dimraazvz1v9dvqdjkmpqgzkbk9rqy09syv7la"))))
+                "0jnmydds9dmdah4fjj5rr5gmf1imxlxjc0w98if642n98vmsdf67"))))
     (build-system meson-build-system)
     (arguments
-     '(#:glib-or-gtk? #t             ; To wrap binaries and/or compile schemas
-       #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
-                  (add-after 'unpack 'disable-cantarell-tests
-                    (lambda _
-                      (substitute* "tests/meson.build"
-                        ;; XXX FIXME: These tests require "font-abattis-cantarell", but
-                        ;; adding it here would introduce a circular dependency.
-                        (("\\[ 'test-layout'.*") "")
-                        (("\\[ 'test-itemize'.*") "")
-                        (("\\[ 'test-font'.*") "")
-                        (("\\[ 'test-harfbuzz'.*") "")))))))
+     (list
+      #:glib-or-gtk? #t             ; To wrap binaries and/or compile schemas
+      #:configure-flags (if (target-hurd?)
+                            #~(list)
+                            #~(list "-Dintrospection=enabled"))
+      #:phases #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
+                   (add-after 'unpack 'disable-cantarell-tests
+                     (lambda _
+                       (substitute* "tests/meson.build"
+                         ;; XXX FIXME: These tests require "font-abattis-cantarell", but
+                         ;; adding it here would introduce a circular dependency.
+                         (("\\[ 'test-layout'.*") "")
+                         (("\\[ 'test-itemize'.*") "")
+                         (("\\[ 'test-font(-data)?'.*") "")
+                         (("\\[ 'test-harfbuzz'.*") "")))))))
     (propagated-inputs
      ;; These are all in Requires or Requires.private of the '.pc' files.
      (list cairo
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/pango-skip-libthai-test.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/pango-skip-libthai-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 98732b53913..00000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/pango-skip-libthai-test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-Skip Thai character test when libthai is unavailable.
-
-Taken from upstream bug tracker:
-https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/merge_requests/161
-https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/commit/b73284747ac937e31dc9191f84ed6e24284c88ee
-
-diff --git a/tests/test-break.c b/tests/test-break.c
-index 8549b678bba69360d07dce3af21d915412f20d51..47fa3009165e19a331aa04a0df4351ae2323933b 100644
---- a/tests/test-break.c
-+++ b/tests/test-break.c
-@@ -305,6 +305,12 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
-       if (!strstr (name, "break"))
-         continue;
- 
-+#ifndef HAVE_LIBTHAI
-+      /* four.break involves Thai, so only test it when we have libthai */
-+      if (strstr (name, "four.break"))
-+        continue;
-+#endif
-+
-       path = g_strdup_printf ("/break/%s", name);
-       g_test_add_data_func_full (path, g_test_build_filename (G_TEST_DIST, "breaks", name, NULL),
-                                  test_break, g_free);