diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/ginac/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/ginac/default.nix
index 79f20f06b295..4c874820e6a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/ginac/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/ginac/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, cln, pkgconfig, readline, gmp, python }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "ginac-1.7.8";
+  name = "ginac-1.7.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url    = "${meta.homepage}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0rvhdagmrs8ynnylwnxnmmfz1j9zk1g2rr7w6xczsbn7lqd511hc";
+    sha256 = "08cqc87qq4w6z3l053x5gfqsa4zkgkicq8skxsbsj39nli1zzkb7";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ cln ];