diff --git a/package/ell/ell.hash b/package/ell/ell.hash
index 4f67cbae21..418d1a9a2a 100644
--- a/package/ell/ell.hash
+++ b/package/ell/ell.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # From https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/ell/sha256sums.asc
-sha256  6cfc0888edc94de9f0623798609587b2cc11b92b892945f317e8d199afe7b12e  ell-0.69.tar.xz
+sha256  28dabdb1966fd2e47363c44e041de507e9420411b846947efa01b4cb0cda0d6b  ell-0.79.tar.xz
 
 # License files
 sha256  ec60b993835e2c6b79e6d9226345f4e614e686eb57dc13b6420c15a33a8996e5  COPYING
diff --git a/package/ell/ell.mk b/package/ell/ell.mk
index 6d4e8a5ae7..a0ae7a68c8 100644
--- a/package/ell/ell.mk
+++ b/package/ell/ell.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-ELL_VERSION = 0.69
+ELL_VERSION = 0.79
 ELL_SOURCE = ell-$(ELL_VERSION).tar.xz
 ELL_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/libs/ell
 ELL_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+