diff --git a/Alien-Build-1.76.tar.gz b/Alien-Build-1.76.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cb0ef7..0000000
--- a/Alien-Build-1.76.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:ab0daf208d2cd2db10c44a8d7f32e8f537a0fbff72d25322207d584071f8b621
-size 246454
diff --git a/Alien-Build-1.78.tar.gz b/Alien-Build-1.78.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d17f117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Alien-Build-1.78.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:132c71bbf4248af401a4780308ac98d98471f6efae2f4f56aea5ef3677406fc9
+size 263688
diff --git a/perl-Alien-Build.changes b/perl-Alien-Build.changes
index c730f48..f37e954 100644
--- a/perl-Alien-Build.changes
+++ b/perl-Alien-Build.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul  1 05:00:59 UTC 2019 - Stephan Kulow <coolo@suse.com>
+
+- updated to 1.78
+   see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-Alien-Build/Changes
+
+  1.78      2019-06-30 21:31:23 -0400
+    - Production release identical to 1.77_01
+  
+  1.77_01   2019-06-28 12:08:12 -0400
+    - _alien/alien.json file is generated using ->canonical(1) for reproducibility
+      (gh#132 Grinnz++ for the suggestion)
+    - _alien/alien.json file is generated using ->ascii to avoid warnings / errors
+      when unicode is included in install/runtime properties.
+      (gh#132 Grinnz++ for the suggestion)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 24 05:01:06 UTC 2019 - Stephan Kulow <coolo@please-enter-an-email-address>
 
diff --git a/perl-Alien-Build.spec b/perl-Alien-Build.spec
index ea5a4e7..5cebc4f 100644
--- a/perl-Alien-Build.spec
+++ b/perl-Alien-Build.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           perl-Alien-Build
-Version:        1.76
+Version:        1.78
 Release:        0
 %define cpan_name Alien-Build
 Summary:        Build external dependencies for use in CPAN
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ make test
 
 %files -f %{name}.files
 %defattr(-,root,root,755)
-%doc author.yml Changes Changes.Alien-Base Changes.Alien-Base-Wrapper Changes.Alien-Build-Decode-Mojo Changes.Test-Alien example README SUPPORT
+%doc author.yml Changes Changes.Alien-Base Changes.Alien-Base-Wrapper Changes.Alien-Build-Decode-Mojo Changes.Test-Alien example maint README SUPPORT
 %license LICENSE
 
 %changelog