diff --git a/main/sudo/APKBUILD b/main/sudo/APKBUILD
index d2153b0816f..2be9fd75f53 100644
--- a/main/sudo/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/sudo/APKBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Maintainer: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
 pkgname=sudo
-pkgver=1.7.4_p4
+pkgver=1.7.9_p1
 if [ "${pkgver%_*}" != "$pkgver" ]; then
 	_realver=${pkgver%_*}${pkgver#*_}
 else
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ package() {
 	make -j1 DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install || return 1
 }
 
-md5sums="55d9906535d70a1de347cd3d3550ee87  sudo-1.7.4p4.tar.gz"
+md5sums="784ac5d58b87fd9147078cafb15945ca  sudo-1.7.9p1.tar.gz"