diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 14553a9fe4..0de317ad2e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+8.0.0-dev.78 | 2025-05-08 15:14:25 -0700
+
+  * Bump auxil/spicy to latest development snapshot (Benjamin Bannier, Corelight)
+
 8.0.0-dev.76 | 2025-05-08 15:07:09 -0700
 
   * Bugfix: accurately track Broker buffer overflows w/ multiple peerings (Christian Kreibich, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d71cce4e6f..482811548e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.0.0-dev.76
+8.0.0-dev.78
diff --git a/auxil/spicy b/auxil/spicy
index cb1b9c96ae..ceb058a517 160000
--- a/auxil/spicy
+++ b/auxil/spicy
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit cb1b9c96aeabcdd9850bff95a5edd865af1050d4
+Subproject commit ceb058a517e1feb042ebbaf6fb80facf4b15a23d