diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/libcap b/config/rootfiles/common/libcap
index 1b470d075..a3e2752df 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/libcap
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/libcap
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ sbin/setcap
 #usr/include/sys/psx_syscall.h
 #usr/lib/libcap.so
 usr/lib/libcap.so.2
-usr/lib/libcap.so.2.77
+usr/lib/libcap.so.2.78
 #usr/lib/libpsx.so
 #usr/lib/libpsx.so.2
-usr/lib/libpsx.so.2.77
+usr/lib/libpsx.so.2.78
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcap.pc
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/libpsx.pc
 #usr/lib/security
diff --git a/lfs/libcap b/lfs/libcap
index 24c042095..1259230b7 100644
--- a/lfs/libcap
+++ b/lfs/libcap
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2025  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2026  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.77
+VER        = 2.78
 
 THISAPP    = libcap-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 9725a5f886907f718a7149841003ac04aced8d322ae190b7035873dc823098c58311f15b9fe7e2a3fec683de6e2eeea108cd008f5f79e8dba24bb20595351812
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 60b1afed4df471e9bbb631deca850920408710fb166335d5640feadf5e2feced0bccae10ba4010eca0dfb0cbb5cd41e255c2e4ac232dc3d18b7d269df9f1e72a
 
 install : $(TARGET)