diff --git a/lfs/openvpn b/lfs/openvpn
index 266dc7140..b705fdd6c 100644
--- a/lfs/openvpn
+++ b/lfs/openvpn
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.7.7
+VER        = 2.7.8
 
 THISAPP    = openvpn-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 6f4230df1f238f0b0e1bdcc978850cf3f49c8c61dcebcdc819861399bf68016d14800140a2fb69bfc7fdc8fa4987cde531d59249f3f91533d7c9244080d557fc
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = dfe77dc1c066cc03540b7249963db2030fabe62c52d3e460aab571f11c2ae304204793ca348964308f8713b282244cbe043a7c4546649d4f2fb923ae38e26591
 
 install : $(TARGET)