diff --git a/srcpkgs/haproxy/template b/srcpkgs/haproxy/template
index 3a984491d2..9d3678a57c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/haproxy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/haproxy/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'haproxy'
 pkgname=haproxy
-version=1.7.8
+version=1.7.9
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_args="TARGET=linux2628 USE_PCRE=1 USE_PCRE_JIT=1 USE_ZLIB=1
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ maintainer="Eivind Uggedal <eivind@uggedal.com>"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://www.haproxy.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/download/${version%.*}/src/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ec90153ccedd20ad4015d3eaf76b502ff1f61b431d54c22b8457b5784a9ae142
+checksum=1072337e54fa188dc6e0cfe3ba4c2200b07082e321cbfe5a0882d85d54db068e
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl) CFLAGS="-D__LINUX_NETFILTER_H";;
 esac