diff --git a/sci-astronomy/wcslib/patches/wcslib-7.2.patchset b/sci-astronomy/wcslib/patches/wcslib-7.8.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from sci-astronomy/wcslib/patches/wcslib-7.2.patchset
rename to sci-astronomy/wcslib/patches/wcslib-7.8.patchset
diff --git a/sci-astronomy/wcslib/wcslib-7.2.recipe b/sci-astronomy/wcslib/wcslib-7.8.recipe
similarity index 91%
rename from sci-astronomy/wcslib/wcslib-7.2.recipe
rename to sci-astronomy/wcslib/wcslib-7.8.recipe
index 47c487f7d..27dab6c39 100644
--- a/sci-astronomy/wcslib/wcslib-7.2.recipe
+++ b/sci-astronomy/wcslib/wcslib-7.8.recipe
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ that implements the World Coordinate System (WCS) convention in FITS \
 this package doesn't include PGBOX (routines for drawing general curvilinear \
 coordinate graticules) and related utilities."
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/mcalabre/WCS/"
-COPYRIGHT="1995-2020 Mark Calabretta - Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO."
+COPYRIGHT="1995-2022 Mark Calabretta - Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO."
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
-REVISION="2"
+REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/wcslib/wcslib-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="63959eb4859517a1ecca48c91542318bebeed62e4a1663656de9a983af376e39"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="163dcfea0e07aaffe4e1dd97abc299ea4d60c680e8bb14dd394dc3ee0934d84e"
 PATCHES="wcslib-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="all !x86_gcc2 ?arm ?ppc ?sparc"
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ PROVIDES_utils="
 	wcslib${secondaryArchSuffix}_utils = $portVersion
 	cmd:hpxcvt$commandSuffix = $portVersionCompat
 	cmd:fitshdr$commandSuffix = $portVersionCompat
+	cmd:sundazel$commandSuffix = $portVersionCompat
+	cmd:tofits$commandSuffix = $portVersionCompat
 	cmd:wcsware$commandSuffix = $portVersionCompat
 	"
 REQUIRES_utils="
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ INSTALL()
 {
 	make install
 
-	rm -f $libDir/libwcs-7.2.a
+	rm -f $libDir/libwcs-7.8.a
 
 	prepareInstalledDevelLib libwcs
 	fixPkgconfig