diff --git a/srcpkgs/rofi/patches/buffer-overflow.patch b/srcpkgs/rofi/patches/buffer-overflow.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 40a9188dcee..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/rofi/patches/buffer-overflow.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-commit 246da62b9076417e0628e30099b709aa1b5cd247
-Author: Urs Schulz <github@ursschulz.de>
-Date:   Thu Jan 16 11:05:41 2025 +0100
-
-    Fix buffer overflow in rofi -e after reading from stdin
-
-diff --git a/source/rofi.c b/source/rofi.c
-index a88cb973..58cd6873 100644
---- a/source/rofi.c
-+++ b/source/rofi.c
-@@ -823,6 +823,8 @@ static gboolean startup(G_GNUC_UNUSED gpointer data) {
-         msg = realloc(msg, length * sizeof(char));
-       }
- 
-+      msg[index] = 0;
-+
-       if (!rofi_view_error_dialog(msg, markup)) {
-         g_main_loop_quit(main_loop);
-       }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rofi/template b/srcpkgs/rofi/template
index f9653ca61a0..cd2ed4922f6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rofi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rofi/template
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # XXX: ensure all compiled rofi plugins work with each version
 # xlocate 'usr/lib/rofi/.*.so' to find them
 pkgname=rofi
-version=1.7.7
-revision=2
+version=1.7.8
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="autoconf automake flex glib-devel pkg-config which"
 makedepends="libXinerama-devel librsvg-devel
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ short_desc="Window switcher, run dialog and dmenu replacement"
 maintainer="classabbyamp <void@placeviolette.net>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/davatorium/rofi"
+changelog="https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/releases"
 distfiles="https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/releases/download/${version}/rofi-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=ce29264f7c4266ecff43abc7d0fe938e5506ae5c2c48b334e242e89c94b51607
+checksum=2ad90a8c492e0b64202088e788795bf0b31ecfaa59fe7441ad263298d150655e
 
 if [ "$XBPS_CHECK_PKGS" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" check-devel"