diff --git a/development/xmake/xmake.SlackBuild b/development/xmake/xmake.SlackBuild
index b7f807e2f7..80f999e7f3 100644
--- a/development/xmake/xmake.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/xmake/xmake.SlackBuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=xmake
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.7.7}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.7.8}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/development/xmake/xmake.info b/development/xmake/xmake.info
index f7c609a8a4..d298ead28c 100644
--- a/development/xmake/xmake.info
+++ b/development/xmake/xmake.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="xmake"
-VERSION="2.7.7"
+VERSION="2.7.8"
 HOMEPAGE="https://xmake.io/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/download/v2.7.7/xmake-v2.7.7.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="b33f38888ca29fe73d0ef806d83f04b3"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/releases/download/v2.7.8/xmake-v2.7.8.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="839a27c41b7b555b9a7c4dffdaae8293"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""