diff --git a/math/R-cran-SparseM/Makefile b/math/R-cran-SparseM/Makefile
index 679545d7dfbd..e5b7bd46709c 100644
--- a/math/R-cran-SparseM/Makefile
+++ b/math/R-cran-SparseM/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	SparseM
-PORTVERSION=	1.77
-PORTREVISION=	3
+PORTVERSION=	1.78
 CATEGORIES=	math
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
 
diff --git a/math/R-cran-SparseM/distinfo b/math/R-cran-SparseM/distinfo
index 3c237e5405ae..575821b0762e 100644
--- a/math/R-cran-SparseM/distinfo
+++ b/math/R-cran-SparseM/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1493845292
-SHA256 (SparseM_1.77.tar.gz) = a9329fef14ae4fc646df1f4f6e57efb0211811599d015f7bc04c04285495d45c
-SIZE (SparseM_1.77.tar.gz) = 756317
+TIMESTAMP = 1576298210
+SHA256 (SparseM_1.78.tar.gz) = d6b79ec881a10c91cb03dc23e6e783080ded9db4f2cb723755aa0d7d29a8b432
+SIZE (SparseM_1.78.tar.gz) = 735024