diff --git a/build/pkgs/libatomic_ops/SPKG.rst b/build/pkgs/libatomic_ops/SPKG.rst
index daa139b9d1b..9167bcea93a 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/libatomic_ops/SPKG.rst
+++ b/build/pkgs/libatomic_ops/SPKG.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ atomic memory update operations on a number of architectures.
 License
 -------
 
-- MIT + GPL 2.0+
+- MIT (core library) + GPL 2.0+ (gpl extension library)
 
 
 Upstream Contact
diff --git a/build/pkgs/libatomic_ops/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/libatomic_ops/checksums.ini
index bd2b5075221..13f92c11f54 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/libatomic_ops/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/libatomic_ops/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=libatomic_ops-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=69223bbec025a0d57977feb861479f78a5e6c8d7
-sha256=15676e7674e11bda5a7e50a73f4d9e7d60452271b8acf6fd39a71fefdf89fa31
+sha1=aaa44f2b182a05a7cdc6778a0f26976cc925acfe
+sha256=d305207fe207f2b3fb5cb4c019da12b44ce3fcbc593dfd5080d867b1a2419b51
 upstream_url=https://github.com/ivmai/libatomic_ops/releases/download/vVERSION/libatomic_ops-VERSION.tar.gz
diff --git a/build/pkgs/libatomic_ops/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/libatomic_ops/package-version.txt
index 09a6d30847d..194172b2db0 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/libatomic_ops/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/libatomic_ops/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.8.0
+7.8.2