diff --git a/libwifi/Makefile b/libwifi/Makefile
index 9cfc686a5..bca21af49 100644
--- a/libwifi/Makefile
+++ b/libwifi/Makefile
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libwifi
-PKG_VERSION:=7.7.8
+PKG_VERSION:=7.7.9
 
 LOCAL_DEV=0
 ifneq ($(LOCAL_DEV),1)
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=b12d933e1cdd3b84eefbb45b0ecf2d1927f5d5dc
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=943ef8831391a8cc0a5de8dfa3cc07b958cdce06
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://dev.iopsys.eu/iopsys/libwifi.git
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Anjan Chanda <anjan.chanda@iopsys.eu>
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)_$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.xz