diff --git a/security/ca_root_nss/Makefile b/security/ca_root_nss/Makefile
index dd9308a9171f..0f4e9cf77938 100644
--- a/security/ca_root_nss/Makefile
+++ b/security/ca_root_nss/Makefile
@@ -1,56 +1,58 @@
 PORTNAME=	ca_root_nss
 PORTVERSION=	${VERSION_NSS}
 PORTREVISION=	0
 CATEGORIES=	security
 MASTER_SITES=	MOZILLA/security/nss/releases/${DISTNAME:tu:C/[-.]/_/g}_RTM/src
 DISTNAME=	nss-${VERSION_NSS}${NSS_SUFFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports-secteam@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Root certificate bundle from the Mozilla Project
 
 LICENSE=	MPL20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		perl5 ssl:build
 USE_PERL5=	build
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 WRKSRC_SUBDIR=	nss
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		ETCSYMLINK
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	ETCSYMLINK
 
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 ETCSYMLINK_DESC=	Add symlink to /etc/ssl/cert.pem
 ETCSYMLINK_CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	ca-roots-[0-9]*
 
 CERTDIR?=	share/certs
 PLIST_SUB+=	CERTDIR=${CERTDIR}
 
-VERSION_NSS=	3.77
+VERSION_NSS=	3.78
 CERTDATA_TXT_PATH=	lib/ckfw/builtins/certdata.txt
 BUNDLE_PROCESSOR=	MAca-bundle.pl
 
 SUB_FILES=	MAca-bundle.pl pkg-message
 SUB_LIST=	VERSION_NSS=${VERSION_NSS}
 
 do-build:
 	@${SETENV} PATH=${LOCALBASE}/bin:$${PATH} \
 		${PERL} ${WRKDIR}/${BUNDLE_PROCESSOR} \
 	    < ${WRKSRC}/${CERTDATA_TXT_PATH} > \
 	    ${WRKDIR}/ca-root-nss.crt
 
 do-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/${CERTDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKDIR}/ca-root-nss.crt ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/${CERTDIR}
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/ssl
-	${LN} -sf ../../${CERTDIR}/ca-root-nss.crt ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/ssl/cert.pem
+	${LN} -sf ../../${CERTDIR}/ca-root-nss.crt ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/ssl/cert.pem.sample
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/openssl
-	${LN} -sf ../${CERTDIR}/ca-root-nss.crt ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/openssl/cert.pem
+	${LN} -sf ../${CERTDIR}/ca-root-nss.crt ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/openssl/cert.pem.sample
 
 do-install-ETCSYMLINK-on:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/etc/ssl
 	${LN} -sf ../..${PREFIX}/${CERTDIR}/ca-root-nss.crt ${STAGEDIR}/etc/ssl/cert.pem
+	${LN} -sf ../../${CERTDIR}/ca-root-nss.crt ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/ssl/cert.pem
+	${LN} -sf ../${CERTDIR}/ca-root-nss.crt ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/openssl/cert.pem
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/security/ca_root_nss/distinfo b/security/ca_root_nss/distinfo
index 146cea3662a8..62c0e8c1784b 100644
--- a/security/ca_root_nss/distinfo
+++ b/security/ca_root_nss/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1649480383
-SHA256 (nss-3.77.tar.gz) = 825edf5a2fd35b788a23ff80face591f82919ae3ad2b8f77d424a450d618dedd
-SIZE (nss-3.77.tar.gz) = 84592839
+TIMESTAMP = 1653745465
+SHA256 (nss-3.78.tar.gz) = f455f341e787c1167328e80a84f77b9a557d595066dda6486a1874d72da68800
+SIZE (nss-3.78.tar.gz) = 84815720
diff --git a/security/ca_root_nss/pkg-plist b/security/ca_root_nss/pkg-plist
index c0e3c4201945..c000ba2e3bfb 100644
--- a/security/ca_root_nss/pkg-plist
+++ b/security/ca_root_nss/pkg-plist
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 %%CERTDIR%%/ca-root-nss.crt
-etc/ssl/cert.pem
-openssl/cert.pem
+@sample etc/ssl/cert.pem.sample
+@sample openssl/cert.pem.sample
+%%ETCSYMLINK%%etc/ssl/cert.pem
+%%ETCSYMLINK%%openssl/cert.pem
 %%ETCSYMLINK%%/etc/ssl/cert.pem
 %%ETCSYMLINK%%@dir /etc/ssl
 @postexec [ ! -e %%LOCALBASE%%/bin/cert-sync ] || %%LOCALBASE%%/bin/cert-sync --quiet %%PREFIX%%/share/certs/ca-root-nss.crt