diff --git a/security/putty/Makefile b/security/putty/Makefile
index c4681d44358d3..6cad282743459 100644
--- a/security/putty/Makefile
+++ b/security/putty/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	putty
-DISTVERSION=	0.78
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.79
+PORTREVISION=	0
 #DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	.0c59d49
 CATEGORIES=	security
 MASTER_SITES=	http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/${PORTVERSION}/ \
diff --git a/security/putty/distinfo b/security/putty/distinfo
index 60045f2d1d0f5..8d73caf122dd7 100644
--- a/security/putty/distinfo
+++ b/security/putty/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1667070272
-SHA256 (putty-0.78.tar.gz) = 274e01bcac6bd155dfd647b2f18f791b4b17ff313753aa919fcae2e32d34614f
-SIZE (putty-0.78.tar.gz) = 2811628
+TIMESTAMP = 1693139811
+SHA256 (putty-0.79.tar.gz) = 428cc8666fbb938ebf4ac9276341980dcd70de395b33164496cf7995ef0ef0d8
+SIZE (putty-0.79.tar.gz) = 2826618