diff --git a/gsconfig.patch b/gsconfig.patch
index 2ef7960..c0f9d66 100644
--- a/gsconfig.patch
+++ b/gsconfig.patch
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Index: gsoap-2.8.78/gsoap/stdsoap2.h
 +++ gsoap-2.8.78/gsoap/stdsoap2.h
 @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ A commercial use license is available fr
  
- #define GSOAP_VERSION 20878
+ #define GSOAP_VERSION 20879
  
 +#include "gsoap_config.h"
  #ifdef WITH_SOAPDEFS_H
diff --git a/gsoap-2.8.78.tar.xz b/gsoap-2.8.78.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index 8dc6968..0000000
--- a/gsoap-2.8.78.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:dfcb9b694478569c6152f8720fd4627b712d5295da3511320f2b5a1ca2831b03
-size 16210908
diff --git a/gsoap-2.8.79.tar.xz b/gsoap-2.8.79.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b80b3cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gsoap-2.8.79.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:dbf811cf414b2e329be0f7ed2237f9e34c8d94b4dbcf6f5ff08285a501fc0139
+size 16108864
diff --git a/gsoap.changes b/gsoap.changes
index cd4a74b..010e743 100644
--- a/gsoap.changes
+++ b/gsoap.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 11 10:39:52 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to new upstream release 2.8.79
+  * Fixed a bug in wsdl2h option `-c` for C source code output,
+    resulting in a missing `*` pointer for `_XML __any` member
+    declaration when declared after the `$ int __size` array size
+    member. The bug may lead to validation errors in extensible
+    types when extra elements are present in the XML payload
+    received. The fix produces the correct `_XML *__any` member
+    declaration.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb  1 16:27:44 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/gsoap.spec b/gsoap.spec
index 314130d..8a4fb74 100644
--- a/gsoap.spec
+++ b/gsoap.spec
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 
 Name:           gsoap
-%define lname	libgsoap-2_8_78
-Version:        2.8.78
+%define lname	libgsoap-2_8_79
+Version:        2.8.79
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Toolkit for SOAP/REST-based C/C++ server and client web service applications
 License:        SUSE-GPL-2.0+-with-openssl-exception
diff --git a/sanitize_source.sh b/sanitize_source.sh
index 6a570c1..16bbb8f 100644
--- a/sanitize_source.sh
+++ b/sanitize_source.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if ! which hardlink >/dev/null; then
 	exit 1;
 fi;
 
-version="2.8.78"
+version="2.8.79"
 shortver="2.8" # agh...
 if [ ! -e "gsoap_$version.zip" ]; then
 	wget -c "http://downloads.sf.net/gsoap2/gsoap_$version.zip"