diff --git a/net-misc/curl/curl-7.78.0.recipe b/net-misc/curl/curl-7.79.1.recipe
similarity index 97%
rename from net-misc/curl/curl-7.78.0.recipe
rename to net-misc/curl/curl-7.79.1.recipe
index 75a2f1212..9fbcc41d4 100644
--- a/net-misc/curl/curl-7.78.0.recipe
+++ b/net-misc/curl/curl-7.79.1.recipe
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="1996-2020 Daniel Stenberg"
 LICENSE="Curl"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="98530b317dc95ccb324bbe4f834f07bb642fbc393b794ddf3434f246a71ea44a"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="de62c4ab9a9316393962e8b94777a570bb9f71feb580fb4475e412f2f9387851"
 ADDITIONAL_FILES="curl.rdef"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="all ?arm ?ppc"
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:libtoolize$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:make
 	cmd:nroff
-	cmd:python
 	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:sed
 	"
@@ -73,6 +72,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 TEST_REQUIRES="
 	cmd:id
 	cmd:perl
+	cmd:python3
 	cmd:sftp_server
 	cmd:sshd
 	"