diff --git a/packages/semgrep/PKGBUILD b/packages/semgrep/PKGBUILD
index f01727057ca..818338f35b1 100644
--- a/packages/semgrep/PKGBUILD
+++ b/packages/semgrep/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 # See COPYING for license details.
 
 pkgname=semgrep
-pkgver=1.96.0
+pkgver=1.79.0
 _pyver=3.12
 _py=cp38.cp39.cp310.cp311.py37.py38.py39.py310.py311
-pkgrel=3
+pkgrel=1
+epoch=1
 pkgdesc='Lightweight static analysis for many languages.'
 arch=('x86_64')
 groups=('blackarch' 'blackarch-code-audit')
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@ makedepends=('python-build' 'python-pip' 'python-wheel')
 replaces=('python-semgrep')
 source=("https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/${pkgname::1}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
         "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/$_py/${pkgname::1}/$pkgname/${pkgname//-/_}-$pkgver-$_py-none-any.whl")
-sha512sums=('e439ec88a6c1c8b4b24273bed1971fc6e01a42a105d5c2b13e03df1d11449cd6ed7cae0627cbadf34caad9573f2dc5e12d908bbaad8282e0431966c7a105e874'
-            '409df43b858e8bed63bbe2ae88a42c890f1e936128f495902ce9953c36c595f96001c5f4493cd987ae61df7de093cb1cef5c3bc9c37387327cfcfe0ce42469d5')
+sha512sums=('0439810cf107701297f3eabfd4e0a55dac2957c61bcf8248d527926a988cc5603d19e54971bb7a8c44fbad8591f663528fafca38f1c355093989a873a2670a95'
+            'a87a3692545df865a0a129fa64d6d9623af5adf55a8184b40a03bddcacf2715271779878e23e684cc9580a6114a2780dc7f68c1b57bd2e7623024066b3426598')
 
 build() {
   cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"