diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 1481cad274..d2afa24add 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -217,14 +217,14 @@ standard utility.")
 (define-public patch
   (package
    (name "patch")
-    (version "2.7.5")
+    (version "2.7.6")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/patch/patch-"
                                   version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "16d2r9kpivaak948mxzc0bai45mqfw73m113wrkmbffnalv1b5gx"))
+                "1zfqy4rdcy279vwn2z1kbv19dcfw25d2aqy9nzvdkq5bjzd0nqdc"))
               (patches (search-patches "patch-hurd-path-max.patch"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (native-inputs `(("ed" ,ed)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/patch-hurd-path-max.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/patch-hurd-path-max.patch
index 81e37930c2..1845a5803b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/patch-hurd-path-max.patch
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/patch-hurd-path-max.patch
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Subject: [PATCH] Do not rely on PATH_MAX when reading a symlink target.
  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 
 diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
-index 82a7e37..c4c0f9d 100644
+index 1cc08ba..67dbd3a 100644
 --- a/src/util.c
 +++ b/src/util.c
 @@ -460,12 +460,12 @@ move_file (char const *from, bool *from_needs_removal,
@@ -31,18 +31,19 @@ index 82a7e37..c4c0f9d 100644
  	    size += i;
  	  if (i != 0 || close (fd) != 0)
  	    read_fatal ();
-@@ -610,9 +610,9 @@ copy_file (char const *from, char const *to, struct stat *tost,
+@@ -610,10 +610,10 @@ copy_file (char const *from, char const *to, struct stat *tost,
  
    if (S_ISLNK (mode))
      {
--      char *buffer = xmalloc (PATH_MAX);
+-      char *buffer = xmalloc (PATH_MAX + 1);
 +      char *buffer = xmalloc (tost->st_size + 1);
+       ssize_t r;
  
--      if (safe_readlink (from, buffer, PATH_MAX) < 0)
-+      if (safe_readlink (from, buffer, tost->st_size) < 0)
+-      if ((r = safe_readlink (from, buffer, PATH_MAX)) < 0)
++      if ((r = safe_readlink (from, buffer, tost->st_size)) < 0)
  	pfatal ("Can't read %s %s", "symbolic link", from);
+       buffer[r] = '\0';
        if (safe_symlink (buffer, to) != 0)
- 	pfatal ("Can't create %s %s", "symbolic link", to);
 -- 
-2.4.2
+2.16.2