diff --git a/packages/exiftool/build.sh b/packages/exiftool/build.sh
index 583df55806..a20a2eecdb 100644
--- a/packages/exiftool/build.sh
+++ b/packages/exiftool/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://exiftool.org/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Utility for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files."
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="Artistic-License-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION="12.77"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION="12.78"
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL="https://exiftool.org/Image-ExifTool-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=54166dc5349816bb491f84d0865fff75014bf8b52e31a9994634fe7541ddc60d
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=a2ef24cdd954ecfbc03d48c8e672601dc69843297c05e4742dc9ea7866ed281d
 TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
 TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_VERSION_REGEXP='^\d+\.\d+(\.(?!0$)\d+)?'
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="perl"