diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/recode/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/recode/default.nix
index 9b77c9d8b701..ce377fada9f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/recode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/recode/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "recode";
-  version = "3.7.8";
+  version = "3.7.9";
 
   # Use official tarball, avoid need to bootstrap/generate build system
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/rrthomas/${pname}/releases/download/v${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "19yg20z1smj9kag1axgvc4s4kd6jmw75h0pa8xqxl3xqqyn5rdsg";
+    sha256 = "sha256-5DIKaw9c2DfNtFT7WFQBjd+pcJEWCOHwHMLGX2M2csQ=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 python3.pkgs.cython perl intltool flex texinfo libiconv ];