diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index b20795b..4331c72 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 pkgbase=linux               # Build stock -ARCH kernel
 #pkgbase=linux-custom       # Build kernel with a different name
 _srcname=linux-3.7
-pkgver=3.7.8
+pkgver=3.7.9
 pkgrel=1
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 url="http://www.kernel.org/"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ source=("http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/${_srcname}.tar.xz"
         'change-default-console-loglevel.patch'
         'fat-3.6.x.patch')
 md5sums=('21223369d682bcf44bcdfe1521095983'
-         'bf62e0cbc13524bb802d2ed05c7e2e6a'
+         '375fa67b3daba9e6040f13a0a29bf543'
          '6a6b620836639fa5f989f9c9c2592d6e'
          '03666db0cd0a1f59c0b71b41eb2353eb'
          'eb14dcfd80c00852ef81ded6e826826a'
diff --git a/linux.install b/linux.install
index dfbf381..e3d2180 100644
--- a/linux.install
+++ b/linux.install
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # arg 2:  the old package version
 
 KERNEL_NAME=
-KERNEL_VERSION=3.7.8-1-ARCH
+KERNEL_VERSION=3.7.9-1-ARCH
 
 # set a sane PATH to ensure that critical utils like depmod will be found
 export PATH='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin'