diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index cb87c64a1fe..fbefaa33ef9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -11336,43 +11336,41 @@ tools for managing PipeWire.")
          (delete "elogind"))))))
 
 (define-public ell
-  (let ((commit "4f77dca1f1cd19041a5a882ba02ad5a39cde3661")
-        (revision "1"))
-    (package
-      (name "ell")
-      (version (git-version "0.77" revision commit))
-      (source (origin
-                (method git-fetch)
-                (uri (git-reference
-                      (url "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/ell/ell.git")
-                      (commit commit)))
-                (file-name (git-file-name name version))
-                (sha256
-                 (base32
-                  "1ccxn9vdhn8miqhyxpj89hd9y8blz10q31qwvd6hbk2x214vgnk2"))
-                (modules '((guix build utils)))
-                (snippet
-                 #~(begin
-                     (substitute* "Makefile.am"
-                       ;; requires hwdb.bin
-                       (("unit/test-hwdb.*") ""))))))
-      (build-system gnu-build-system)
-      (arguments
-       ;; Tests launch dbus-daemon instances that all try to bind to
-       ;; "/tmp/ell-test-bus".  Thus, we need to run them sequentially.
-       '(#:parallel-tests? #f))
-      (inputs
-       (list dbus))
-      (native-inputs
-       (list autoconf automake libtool pkg-config procps))
-      (home-page "https://01.org/ell")
-      (synopsis "Embedded Linux Library")
-      (description "The Embedded Linux* Library (ELL) provides core, low-level
+  (package
+    (name "ell")
+    (version "0.79")
+    (source (origin
+              (method git-fetch)
+              (uri (git-reference
+                     (url "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/ell/ell.git")
+                     (commit version)))
+              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0l8pbgnza58ivknzl3nd6y46mfminhnb3iwq82msi6g282wv7np4"))
+              (modules '((guix build utils)))
+              (snippet
+               #~(begin
+                   (substitute* "Makefile.am"
+                     ;; requires hwdb.bin
+                     (("unit/test-hwdb.*") ""))))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     ;; Tests launch dbus-daemon instances that all try to bind to
+     ;; "/tmp/ell-test-bus".  Thus, we need to run them sequentially.
+     '(#:parallel-tests? #f))
+    (inputs
+     (list dbus))
+    (native-inputs
+     (list autoconf automake libtool pkg-config procps))
+    (home-page "https://01.org/ell")
+    (synopsis "Embedded Linux Library")
+    (description "The Embedded Linux* Library (ELL) provides core, low-level
 functionality for system daemons.  It typically has no dependencies other than
 the Linux kernel, C standard library, and libdl (for dynamic linking).  While
 ELL is designed to be efficient and compact enough for use on embedded Linux
 platforms, it is not limited to resource-constrained systems.")
-      (license license:lgpl2.1+))))
+    (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
 
 (define-public kexec-tools
   (package