diff --git a/media-libs/alembic/alembic-1.7.7.recipe b/media-libs/alembic/alembic-1.7.8.recipe
similarity index 97%
rename from media-libs/alembic/alembic-1.7.7.recipe
rename to media-libs/alembic/alembic-1.7.8.recipe
index b2ad1eea7..1ed389ec8 100644
--- a/media-libs/alembic/alembic-1.7.7.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/alembic/alembic-1.7.8.recipe
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="2009-2016 Sony Pictures Imageworks
 LICENSE="ALEMBIC"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/alembic/alembic/archive/$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256='831b016afa9e66187b66819a02c0bd198b0f30e501a3552d0634796728cf1bff'
+CHECKSUM_SHA256='119e2cbac2b862880018e756da2219171d1e9ae7aa0ef7dc7c216d678384808e'
 SOURCE_FILENAME="alembic-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 PATCHES="alembic-$portVersion.patchset"
 
diff --git a/media-libs/alembic/patches/alembic-1.7.7.patchset b/media-libs/alembic/patches/alembic-1.7.8.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from media-libs/alembic/patches/alembic-1.7.7.patchset
rename to media-libs/alembic/patches/alembic-1.7.8.patchset