diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-grsecurity.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-grsecurity.nix
index 139ae20d8c96b1..1d9ebee5335195 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-grsecurity.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-grsecurity.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
 
 import ./generic.nix (args // rec {
-  version = "4.7.7";
+  version = "4.7.9";
   extraMeta.branch = "4.7";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "079gvv91a0mymzxx1h9bbn4snk6xz0cyk1bf8pjkhdyyad90v17d";
+    sha256 = "13g2b8ap2xyx0c35ka92j9j3x7mh610ax5fq2xl75787hqmdaf06";
   };
 
   kernelPatches = args.kernelPatches;
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
index 29d622cd3c3899..578002c0f74499 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ rec {
   };
 
   grsecurity_testing = grsecPatch
-    { kver   = "4.7.7";
-      grrev  = "201610101902";
-      sha256 = "18x8grxj03bh9gqlm3sfgjl8vy5gpyrjr8nmdnrnas6ycmbvyjx4";
+    { kver   = "4.7.9";
+      grrev  = "201610200819";
+      sha256 = "1q2j819g3yidd9m7myskx2g1rzrx3cw8fwjrzbbhaxv2kxjmrrjb";
     };
 
   # This patch relaxes grsec constraints on the location of usermode helpers,