diff --git a/confluent-kafka.yaml b/confluent-kafka.yaml
index 6c36b076d63..f8ffe35d05f 100644
--- a/confluent-kafka.yaml
+++ b/confluent-kafka.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ package:
   # with the `version:` field.
   # 2. Created a new variable `mangled-package-version` to append `-ccs` to the
   # version.
-  version: 8.0.0.78
+  version: 8.0.0.79
   epoch: 0
   description: Community edition of Confluent Kafka.
   copyright:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var-transforms:
 pipeline:
   - uses: git-checkout
     with:
-      expected-commit: d7812953ad61fa6c31bf6f9b4e6c6749a243f30f
+      expected-commit: d957d815fd04b2c50ab7f20e8b32220f86f54ebf
       repository: https://github.com/confluentinc/kafka
       tag: v${{vars.mangled-package-version}}