diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/openvpn b/config/rootfiles/common/openvpn
index 46c242d10..1b8a3517f 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/openvpn
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/openvpn
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ usr/sbin/openvpn-authenticator
 #usr/share/doc/openvpn
 #usr/share/doc/openvpn/COPYING
 #usr/share/doc/openvpn/COPYRIGHT.GPL
-#usr/share/doc/openvpn/Changes.rst
+#usr/share/doc/openvpn/Changes.md
 #usr/share/doc/openvpn/README
 #usr/share/doc/openvpn/README.auth-pam
 #usr/share/doc/openvpn/README.down-root
diff --git a/lfs/openvpn b/lfs/openvpn
index b705fdd6c..a511fc281 100644
--- a/lfs/openvpn
+++ b/lfs/openvpn
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.7.8
+VER        = 2.7.9
 
 THISAPP    = openvpn-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = dfe77dc1c066cc03540b7249963db2030fabe62c52d3e460aab571f11c2ae304204793ca348964308f8713b282244cbe043a7c4546649d4f2fb923ae38e26591
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 543946533cac5805698f9397d066fe99c8d35e3aadc530c8239b2a586cff7ccbc0b0f60cb061c95a8934e2cfd12b3ebfef887ed76f51906ce4378882a0f418c2
 
 install : $(TARGET)