diff --git a/libraries/botocore/botocore.SlackBuild b/libraries/botocore/botocore.SlackBuild
index 033bfcaf7e..7f2e110bd4 100644
--- a/libraries/botocore/botocore.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/botocore/botocore.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=botocore
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.77.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.79.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/libraries/botocore/botocore.info b/libraries/botocore/botocore.info
index dd4a35c664..92913422d1 100644
--- a/libraries/botocore/botocore.info
+++ b/libraries/botocore/botocore.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="botocore"
-VERSION="0.77.0"
+VERSION="0.79.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/boto/botocore"
-DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/b/botocore/botocore-0.77.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="7e44e8eab806de6ee0b3833333daaab5"
+DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/b/botocore/botocore-0.79.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="5a807dbcc7b2741409bcda11c04b51f4"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="python-dateutil jmespath"