diff --git a/package/libgcrypt/libgcrypt.hash b/package/libgcrypt/libgcrypt.hash
index 8ac9f0a92b..56a45c5398 100644
--- a/package/libgcrypt/libgcrypt.hash
+++ b/package/libgcrypt/libgcrypt.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# From https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2017q2/000408.html
-sha1  65a4a495aa858483e66868199eaa8238572ca6cd  libgcrypt-1.7.8.tar.bz2
 # Locally calculated after checking signature
-# https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.7.8.tar.bz2.sig
-sha256  948276ea47e6ba0244f36a17b51dcdd52cfd1e664b0a1ac3bc82134fb6cec199  libgcrypt-1.7.8.tar.bz2
+# https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.7.9.tar.bz2.sig
+sha256  bfe9bb703c1126c3647da2810fd23039c2f09d46969f71612c2065dc3fa9373b  libgcrypt-1.7.9.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/libgcrypt/libgcrypt.mk b/package/libgcrypt/libgcrypt.mk
index bc194addb3..fe3ac5cfff 100644
--- a/package/libgcrypt/libgcrypt.mk
+++ b/package/libgcrypt/libgcrypt.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBGCRYPT_VERSION = 1.7.8
+LIBGCRYPT_VERSION = 1.7.9
 LIBGCRYPT_SOURCE = libgcrypt-$(LIBGCRYPT_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBGCRYPT_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 LIBGCRYPT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LIB