diff --git a/community/firefox-esr/APKBUILD b/community/firefox-esr/APKBUILD
index 07fc540107ed24c3baddc17f3b7e3b1df88c3e6d..72135bb8d137ed1a7de16a33db0f01ef491fc4ee 100644
--- a/community/firefox-esr/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/firefox-esr/APKBUILD
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # Contributor: Sören Tempel <soeren+alpine@soeren-tempel.net>
 # Maintainer: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
 pkgname=firefox-esr
-pkgver=78.8.0
+pkgver=78.9.0
 # Date of release, YY-MM-DD for metainfo file (see package())
-_releasedate=2021-02-23
-pkgrel=1
+_releasedate=2021-03-23
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Firefox web browser - Extended Support Release"
 url="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/"
 # Limited on:
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ _mozappdir=/usr/lib/firefox
 ldpath="$_mozappdir"
 
 # secfixes:
+#   78.9.0-r0:
+#     - CVE-2021-23981
+#     - CVE-2021-23982
+#     - CVE-2021-23984
+#     - CVE-2021-23987
 #   78.8.0-r0:
 #     - CVE-2021-23968
 #     - CVE-2021-23969
@@ -437,7 +442,7 @@ npapi() {
 	amove usr/lib/firefox/gtk2
 }
 
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