diff --git a/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.hash b/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.hash
index bc90ae98bf..fe2b181327 100644
--- a/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.hash
+++ b/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-sha256  2f8aae9aa5ddd73fbaf4d61e2e5e19ef54124cbf2810b626820050e7bd2f6606  cifs-utils-7.7.tar.bz2
+sha256  b5321d3ff848d361c129aeec4ec8431642582b7036cb8a2a403667d5909d4172  cifs-utils-7.8.tar.bz2
 
 # Hash for license file:
 sha256  8ceb4b9ee5adedde47b31e975c1d90c73ad27b6b165a1dcd80c7c545eb65b903  COPYING
diff --git a/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk b/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk
index 7ff3531117..5c7a134b17 100644
--- a/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk
+++ b/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-CIFS_UTILS_VERSION = 7.7
+CIFS_UTILS_VERSION = 7.8
 CIFS_UTILS_SOURCE = cifs-utils-$(CIFS_UTILS_VERSION).tar.bz2
-CIFS_UTILS_SITE = http://ftp.samba.org/pub/linux-cifs/cifs-utils
+CIFS_UTILS_SITE = https://download.samba.org/pub/linux-cifs/cifs-utils
 CIFS_UTILS_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 CIFS_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 CIFS_UTILS_CPE_ID_VENDOR = samba