diff --git a/srcpkgs/bc-java/template b/srcpkgs/bc-java/template
index 98ac54fcb91..1914dd8fe74 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bc-java/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bc-java/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'bc-java'
 pkgname=bc-java
-version=1.78
+version=1.79
 revision=1
 hostmakedepends="apache-ant openjdk17"
 depends="virtual?java-runtime"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html"
 changelog="https://www.bouncycastle.org/releasenotes.html"
 distfiles="https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/archive/refs/tags/r${version/./rv}.tar.gz"
-checksum=6eb33f05248aa74a7927435d364c5fbeb3f3885e476f36e1ee36ff58f4db49e4
+checksum=d9da71f958e1779a396407a24e607036a19e5c482d385cadfe0455e21ac35055
 
 do_build() {
 	. /etc/profile.d/jdk.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ do_build() {
 }
 
 do_install() {
-	vinstall build/artifacts/jdk1.8/jars/bcprov-jdk18on-${version/./}.jar 644 /usr/lib/bc-java
-	ln -s bcprov-jdk18on-${version/./}.jar "${DESTDIR}"/usr/lib/bc-java/bcprov.jar
+	vinstall build/artifacts/jdk1.8/jars/bcprov-jdk18on-${version}.jar 644 /usr/lib/bc-java
+	ln -s bcprov-jdk18on-${version}.jar "${DESTDIR}"/usr/lib/bc-java/bcprov.jar
 	vlicense LICENSE.html
 }