diff --git a/sysutils/fluent-bit/Makefile b/sysutils/fluent-bit/Makefile
index f2c3e3c84812..8561ee13448e 100644
--- a/sysutils/fluent-bit/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/fluent-bit/Makefile
@@ -1,59 +1,59 @@
 # Created by: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	fluent-bit
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.8
+DISTVERSION=	1.7.9
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 
 MAINTAINER=	girgen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fast and lightweight data forwarder
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
 BROKEN_mips=		fails to build: conflicting types for 'restrict'
 BROKEN_mips64=		fails to build: conflicting types for 'restrict'
 BROKEN_riscv64=		fails to build: No support for this architecture (yet)
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	fluent
 
 USES=		cmake:noninja gmake bison
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		SSL PGSQL
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	SSL
 
 LDFLAGS=		-lexecinfo
 CMAKE_ARGS=		-DFLB_DEBUG=Off -DFLB_TRACE=Off
 
 SSL_USES=		ssl
 SSL_CMAKE_ON=		-DFLB_TLS=On
 SSL_CMAKE_OFF=		-DFLB_TLS=Off
 
 EXAMPLES_CMAKE_ON=	-DFLB_EXAMPLES=On
 EXAMPLES_CMAKE_OFF=	-DFLB_EXAMPLES=Off
 
 PGSQL_USES=		pgsql
 PGSQL_CMAKE_ON=		-DFLB_OUT_PGSQL=On
 PGSQL_CMAKE_OFF=	-DFLB_OUT_PGSQL=Off
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	${PORTNAME}
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && ${OSVERSION} < 1200000
 EXTRA_PATCHES=	${PATCHDIR}/extra-patch-lib_luajit__src__lj_prng.c
 .endif
 
 .if ${ARCH:Mpowerpc64*}
 CMAKE_ARGS+=	-DFLB_LUAJIT:BOOL=OFF
 .elif ${ARCH} == powerpc
 USES+=		compiler:gcc-c++11-lib
 .else
 USES+=		compiler:c11
 .endif
 
 post-install:
 	${MV} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/${PORTNAME}.conf ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/${PORTNAME}.conf.sample
 	${MV} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/parsers.conf ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/parsers.conf.sample
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/fluent-bit/distinfo b/sysutils/fluent-bit/distinfo
index 842beba56ff6..e135d92221ef 100644
--- a/sysutils/fluent-bit/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/fluent-bit/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1622817216
-SHA256 (fluent-fluent-bit-v1.7.8_GH0.tar.gz) = e31541570757d70510194ea2cbe6a34bdea88791fd93f04c9800b9bf8188eaf4
-SIZE (fluent-fluent-bit-v1.7.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 14296869
+TIMESTAMP = 1624098935
+SHA256 (fluent-fluent-bit-v1.7.9_GH0.tar.gz) = 6f1632c26ebf5e1463393656e262d9b36bbf10a454300ad8b3af5a6b2c66927f
+SIZE (fluent-fluent-bit-v1.7.9_GH0.tar.gz) = 14298704