diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/stunnel/stunnel_5.78.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/stunnel/stunnel_5.79.bb
similarity index 92%
rename from meta-networking/recipes-support/stunnel/stunnel_5.78.bb
rename to meta-networking/recipes-support/stunnel/stunnel_5.79.bb
index 1740ad41f2..3435f8cd3c 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/stunnel/stunnel_5.78.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/stunnel/stunnel_5.79.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SRC_URI = "https://stunnel.org/archive/5.x/${BP}.tar.gz \
            file://fix-openssl-no-des.patch \
 "
 
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "8727e53bb8b7528f850327a2a149158422c02183bc120d1d733cc65b1e2c349d"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "8ea0de6e5ea76f38ea987fa831c7fd47f7a1f1e7dd465fd6fa8622edf30d3a45"
 
 inherit autotools bash-completion pkgconfig