diff --git a/Formula/nginx.rb b/Formula/nginx.rb
index 7fc4783aeb..b84ae398e6 100644
--- a/Formula/nginx.rb
+++ b/Formula/nginx.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ class Nginx < Formula
   sha1 "1a5458bc15acf90eea16353a1dd17285cf97ec35"
 
   devel do
-    url "http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.7.7.tar.gz"
-    sha1 "c8e1caaa0dc6cfe540082c52ecd856ab794e38dc"
+    url "http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.7.9.tar.gz"
+    sha1 "44ef4770db281cea26a1b2e66c0e34193e1d1f1f"
   end
 
   head "http://hg.nginx.org/nginx/", :using => :hg