diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 26c95c7..cc6d8b1 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -1435,8 +1435,8 @@ mailutils mtr mutt microsocks nginx openlitespeed openssh pacman rsync socat tht
 : ${PKG_OPENLITESPEED_IN_TREE:=1};
 : ${PKG_OPENLITESPEED_MAKEFLAGS_BUILD:=-j1};
 : ${PKG_OPENLITESPEED_PREFIX:=${PREFIX_NATIVE}/lsws};
-: ${PKG_OPENSSH_SHA256SUM:=1a484bb15152c183bb2514e112aa30dd34138c3cfb032eee5490a66c507144ca};
-: ${PKG_OPENSSH_VERSION:=7.8p1};
+: ${PKG_OPENSSH_SHA256SUM:=6b4b3ba2253d84ed3771c8050728d597c91cfce898713beb7b64a305b6f11aad};
+: ${PKG_OPENSSH_VERSION:=7.9p1};
 : ${PKG_OPENSSH_URL:=http://artfiles.org/openbsd/OpenSSH/portable/openssh-${PKG_OPENSSH_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_OPENSSH_DEBUG_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:=--disable-strip};
 : ${PKG_OPENSSH_INSTALL_TARGET:=install-nokeys};