diff --git a/gfal2-srm-honor-protocol.patch b/gfal2-srm-honor-protocol.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4106907..0000000
--- a/gfal2-srm-honor-protocol.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-commit 8ee578131b0ce334c0c5bd6f5a2bd96097875514
-Author: Alejandro Alvarez Ayllon <alejandro.alvarez.ayllon@cern.ch>
-Date:   Mon Nov 17 10:01:38 2014 +0100
-
-    DMC-553: Accept only turls that have been requested
-
-diff --git a/src/plugins/srm/gfal_srm_getput.c b/src/plugins/srm/gfal_srm_getput.c
-index 94f5904..aaf8f19 100644
---- a/src/plugins/srm/gfal_srm_getput.c
-+++ b/src/plugins/srm/gfal_srm_getput.c
-@@ -26,6 +26,61 @@
- #include "gfal_srm_endpoint.h"
- 
- 
-+// Make sure the TURL returned by the endpoint is one of the requested protocols
-+static int validate_turls(int n_results, gfal_srm_result** resu,
-+        gfal_srm_params_t params, GError** tmp_err)
-+{
-+    int failed = 0;
-+    int n_protocols = g_strv_length(params->protocols);
-+    int i, j;
-+
-+    for (i = 0; i < n_results && !failed; ++i) {
-+        const char* turl = (*resu)[i].turl;
-+
-+        // Never ever accept file, even if it was asked for
-+        if (strncmp("file:", turl, 5) == 0) {
-+            failed = -1;
-+            gfal2_set_error(tmp_err, gfal2_get_plugin_srm_quark(), EBADMSG, __func__,
-+                    "file:// is not a valid turl");
-+            break;
-+        }
-+        else if (turl[0] == '/') {
-+            failed = -1;
-+            gfal2_set_error(tmp_err, gfal2_get_plugin_srm_quark(), EBADMSG, __func__,
-+                    "A turl can not start with /");
-+            break;
-+        }
-+
-+        // If error is set, skip the check
-+        if ((*resu)[i].err_code != 0)
-+            continue;
-+
-+        // Check the turl protocol is in the request list
-+        int matching_protocol = 0;
-+        for (j = 0; j < n_protocols; ++j) {
-+            size_t proto_len = strlen(params->protocols[j]);
-+            if (strncmp(params->protocols[j], turl, proto_len) == 0 && turl[proto_len] == ':') {
-+                matching_protocol = 1;
-+                break;
-+            }
-+        }
-+
-+        // If no matching protocol, fail already
-+        if (!matching_protocol) {
-+            failed = -1;
-+            gfal2_set_error(tmp_err, gfal2_get_plugin_srm_quark(), EBADMSG, __func__,
-+                    "The SRM endpoint returned a protocol that wasn't requested: %s");
-+        }
-+    }
-+    // Didn't match, so free and set an error
-+    if (failed) {
-+        free(*resu);
-+        *resu = NULL;
-+    }
-+    return failed;
-+}
-+
-+
- static int gfal_srm_convert_filestatuses_to_srm_result(struct srmv2_pinfilestatus* statuses, char* reqtoken, int n, gfal_srm_result** resu, GError** err){
- 	g_return_val_err_if_fail(statuses && n && resu, -1, err, "[gfal_srm_convert_filestatuses_to_srm_result] args invalids");
- 	*resu = calloc(n, sizeof(gfal_srm_result));
-@@ -167,8 +222,16 @@ static int gfal_srm_mTURLS_internal(gfal_srmv2_opt* opts, gfal_srm_params_t para
-             ret = gfal_srm_putTURLS_srmv2_internal(context, opts, params, surls, resu, &tmp_err);
-     }
- 
--    if (ret < 0)
-+    if (ret < 0) {
-         gfal2_propagate_prefixed_error(err, tmp_err, __func__);
-+    }
-+    else {
-+        int n_results = g_strv_length(surls);
-+        if (validate_turls(n_results, resu, params, &tmp_err)) {
-+            gfal2_propagate_prefixed_error(err, tmp_err, __func__);
-+            ret = -1;
-+        }
-+    }
- 
-     return ret;
- }
-@@ -232,9 +295,6 @@ int gfal_srm_getTURL_checksum(plugin_handle ch, const char* surl, char* buff_tur
-     G_RETURN_ERR(ret, tmp_err, err);
- }
- 
--
--
--
- //  execute a get for thirdparty transfer turl
- int gfal_srm_get_rd3_turl(plugin_handle ch, gfalt_params_t p, const char* surl,
-         char* buff_turl, int size_turl,
diff --git a/gfal2.spec b/gfal2.spec
index ae7c60e..fb0b8dc 100644
--- a/gfal2.spec
+++ b/gfal2.spec
@@ -2,18 +2,15 @@
 %{!?_pkgdocdir: %global _pkgdocdir %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}}
 
 Name:		gfal2
-Version:	2.7.7
+Version:	2.7.8
 # https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:NamingGuidelines#Release_Tag
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	Grid file access library 2.0
 Group:		Applications/Internet
 License:	ASL 2.0
 URL:	 	http://dmc.web.cern.ch
-# TURLS retrieved from a SRM endpoint should be of one of the requested protocols
-# https://its.cern.ch/jira/browse/DMC-553
-Patch0:		%{name}-srm-honor-protocol.patch
-# svn export http://svn.cern.ch/guest/lcgutil/gfal2/tags/data-gfal2_R_2_7_7 gfal2-2.7.7
-# tar czf gfal2-2.7.7.tar.gz gfal2-2.7.7
+# svn export http://svn.cern.ch/guest/lcgutil/gfal2/tags/data-gfal2_R_2_7_8 gfal2-2.7.8
+# tar czf gfal2-2.7.8.tar.gz gfal2-2.7.8
 Source0:	%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:	%(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 
@@ -196,8 +193,6 @@ make clean
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
-%patch0 -p1
-
 %build
 %cmake \
 -DDOC_INSTALL_DIR=%{_pkgdocdir} \
@@ -294,8 +289,8 @@ make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install
 
 
 %changelog
-* Mon Nov 17 2014 Alejandro Alvarez Ayllon <aalvarez at cern.ch> - 2.7.7-2
-- Backporting fix for protocol honoring on SRM GET and PUT
+* Mon Nov 17 2014 Alejandro Alvarez Ayllon <aalvarez at cern.ch> - 2.7.8-1
+- Upstream backported fix for protocol honoring on SRM GET and PUT
 
 * Mon Nov 10 2014 Alejandro Alvarez Ayllon <aalvarez at cern.ch> - 2.7.7-1
 - Upgraded to upstream release 2.7.7
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2f0f023..a70d192 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8fa60e1152aca37137133de061b9c749  gfal2-2.7.7.tar.gz
+eaf53137f003390ccb6cbc294a9ffead  gfal2-2.7.8.tar.gz