diff --git a/package/openvpn/openvpn.hash b/package/openvpn/openvpn.hash
index 947922f0c8..9274a853f1 100644
--- a/package/openvpn/openvpn.hash
+++ b/package/openvpn/openvpn.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking signature
-sha256  3ab8f48fd6c26d49ba2333a092433949afdb5c85c0e6a1ff265784fbc04a2463  openvpn-2.7.7.tar.gz
+sha256  c070d1d2440b5a6fca6c2c68645c98cd492116ac36ef4f0946177115532c8e36  openvpn-2.7.8.tar.gz
 sha256  edaef632cbb643e4e7a221717a6c441a4c1a7c918e6e4d56debc3d8739b233f6  COPYRIGHT.GPL
diff --git a/package/openvpn/openvpn.mk b/package/openvpn/openvpn.mk
index d910802da7..01c049cd05 100644
--- a/package/openvpn/openvpn.mk
+++ b/package/openvpn/openvpn.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-OPENVPN_VERSION = 2.7.7
+OPENVPN_VERSION = 2.7.8
 OPENVPN_SITE = https://swupdate.openvpn.net/community/releases
 OPENVPN_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libcap-ng
 OPENVPN_LICENSE = GPL-2.0