diff --git a/package/libcap/0001-Revert-libcap-Add-build-ldflags-to-_makenames-rule.patch b/package/libcap/0001-Revert-libcap-Add-build-ldflags-to-_makenames-rule.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ae9655fd57..0000000000
--- a/package/libcap/0001-Revert-libcap-Add-build-ldflags-to-_makenames-rule.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-From 542d7d86ecd2129dd5fe7e5b31ba307304f5b319 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Andrew G. Morgan" <morgan@kernel.org>
-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:26:34 -0800
-Subject: [PATCH] Revert "libcap: Add build ldflags to _makenames rule"
-
-This reverts commit c3ddf45d9afaab85d3b7db0dc7bfd1aafb8fde50.
-
-The details of what this broke are here:
-
-  https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220691#c2
-
-Signed-off-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
-Upstream: 542d7d86ecd2129dd5fe7e5b31ba307304f5b319
-Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
----
- libcap/Makefile | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/libcap/Makefile b/libcap/Makefile
-index f0eb87e..e90a950 100644
---- a/libcap/Makefile
-+++ b/libcap/Makefile
-@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ $(PSXTITLE).pc: $(PSXTITLE).pc.in
- 		$< >$@
- 
- _makenames: _makenames.c cap_names.list.h
--	$(BUILD_CC) $(BUILD_CFLAGS) $(BUILD_CPPFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(BUILD_LDFLAGS)
-+	$(BUILD_CC) $(BUILD_CFLAGS) $(BUILD_CPPFLAGS) $< -o $@
- 
- cap_names.h: _makenames
- 	./_makenames > cap_names.h
--- 
-2.51.1
-
diff --git a/package/libcap/libcap.hash b/package/libcap/libcap.hash
index 1925060235..735481f33c 100644
--- a/package/libcap/libcap.hash
+++ b/package/libcap/libcap.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/sha256sums.asc
-sha256  897bc18b44afc26c70e78cead3dbb31e154acc24bee085a5a09079a88dbf6f52  libcap-2.77.tar.xz
+sha256  0d621e562fd932ccf67b9660fb018e468a683d7b827541df27813228c996bb11  libcap-2.78.tar.xz
 
 # Hash for license file:
 sha256  68467e731f4744bd6e0bb69e8df9c3a994e09cd6b203d0c41327ac6d079c581d  License
diff --git a/package/libcap/libcap.mk b/package/libcap/libcap.mk
index 37ccdc22b4..f3cd49ff0f 100644
--- a/package/libcap/libcap.mk
+++ b/package/libcap/libcap.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBCAP_VERSION = 2.77
+LIBCAP_VERSION = 2.78
 LIBCAP_SITE = https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2
 LIBCAP_SOURCE = libcap-$(LIBCAP_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBCAP_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 or BSD-3-Clause