diff --git a/network/haproxy/haproxy.SlackBuild b/network/haproxy/haproxy.SlackBuild
index f7936a012d..093c846281 100644
--- a/network/haproxy/haproxy.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/haproxy/haproxy.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=haproxy
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.7.8}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.7.9}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/network/haproxy/haproxy.info b/network/haproxy/haproxy.info
index 39f7b8aa34..9e6b30a682 100644
--- a/network/haproxy/haproxy.info
+++ b/network/haproxy/haproxy.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="haproxy"
-VERSION="1.7.8"
+VERSION="1.7.9"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.haproxy.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://www.haproxy.org/download/1.7/src/haproxy-1.7.8.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="7e94653cc5a1dba006bbe43736f53595"
+DOWNLOAD="https://www.haproxy.org/download/1.7/src/haproxy-1.7.9.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="a2bbbdd45ffe18d99cdcf26aa992f92d"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""