diff --git a/package/libarchive/libarchive.hash b/package/libarchive/libarchive.hash
index c0b04b0f4b..d132664e17 100644
--- a/package/libarchive/libarchive.hash
+++ b/package/libarchive/libarchive.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # From https://www.libarchive.de/downloads/sha256sums
-sha256  879acd83c3399c7caaee73fe5f7418e06087ab2aaf40af3e99b9e29beb29faee  libarchive-3.7.7.tar.xz
+sha256  ed8b5732e4cd6e30fae909fb945cad8ff9cb7be5c6cdaa3944ec96e4a200c04c  libarchive-3.7.9.tar.xz
 # Locally computed:
 sha256  b2cdf763345de2de34cebf54394df3c61a105c3b71288603c251f2fa638200ba  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk b/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk
index 70123ee2b1..7fec01a040 100644
--- a/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk
+++ b/package/libarchive/libarchive.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBARCHIVE_VERSION = 3.7.7
+LIBARCHIVE_VERSION = 3.7.9
 LIBARCHIVE_SOURCE = libarchive-$(LIBARCHIVE_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBARCHIVE_SITE = https://www.libarchive.de/downloads
 LIBARCHIVE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES