diff --git a/gnu/packages/code.scm b/gnu/packages/code.scm
index 85ee6c2877..b3fbea0b38 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/code.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/code.scm
@@ -211,16 +211,16 @@ COCOMO model or user-provided parameters.")
 (define-public cloc
   (package
     (name "cloc")
-    (version "1.76")
+    (version "1.78")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append
-             "https://github.com/AlDanial/cloc/releases/download/v" version
+             "https://github.com/AlDanial/cloc/releases/download/" version
              "/cloc-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "05srlvzwisr7y7ymvzb5yfdsrspja27ysqdmkwhiiivy84mq2gnl"))))
+         "176xklr2qsgxh9zdb565gib6pp4gsm585rz5fvyphgjy4i679wkv"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("coreutils" ,coreutils)