diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-biopython/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python-biopython/PKGBUILD
index 704eb2723b..1e5c1dd3af 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python-biopython/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-biopython/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-${_realname}")
 provides=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-${_realname}")
 conflicts=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-${_realname}")
 replaces=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-${_realname}")
-pkgver=1.78
+pkgver=1.79
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A set of freely available tools for biological computation written in Python (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-numpy")
 makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-setuptools")
 source=(${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://biopython.org/DIST/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz)
-sha256sums=('1ee0a0b6c2376680fea6642d5080baa419fd73df104a62d58a8baf7a8bbe4564')
+sha256sums=('edb07eac99d3b8abd7ba56ff4bedec9263f76dfc3c3f450e7d2e2bcdecf8559b')
 
 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}"