diff --git a/package/base/whois/whois.desc b/package/base/whois/whois.desc
index c6f59ffd8..4f3611f58 100644
--- a/package/base/whois/whois.desc
+++ b/package/base/whois/whois.desc
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 4.6.13
+[V] 4.7.8
 [P] X -?---5---9 189.900
 
-[D] 2198540169 whois_4.7.2.tar.gz http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/
+[D] 340864710 whois_4.7.8.tar.gz ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/