diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/kea/kea_1.7.3.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/kea/kea_1.7.6.bb
similarity index 78%
rename from meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/kea/kea_1.7.3.bb
rename to meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/kea/kea_1.7.6.bb
index e230fd0..4e221c3 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/kea/kea_1.7.3.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/kea/kea_1.7.6.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 HOMEPAGE = "http://kea.isc.org"
 SECTION = "connectivity"
 LICENSE = "MPL-2.0 & Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=0e5b01c848c7736a0c9e68f9c9cd0281"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=68d95543d2096459290a4e6b9ceccffa"
 
 DEPENDS += "kea-native"
 
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
     file://kea-dhcp6.service \
     file://kea-dhcp-ddns.service \
 "
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "fda03bf465818009b70dffc226da777d"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "30f82c548b844c12ed46c4eb3880d63b45ec04cecfcf2e4ab1d7bada7fff4f2a"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "26f48997a37a670a406d5020ce64a7fb"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1da3d50e0c8e92e1aa6d66100b5afd7b93ba2c50b0a4ea114fd9dcb8be982ca9"
 
 inherit autotools systemd
 
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
 do_configure_prepend_class-target() {
     mkdir -p ${B}/src/lib/log/compiler/
     ln -sf ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/kea-msg-compiler ${B}/src/lib/log/compiler/kea-msg-compiler
+    # replace abs_top_builddir to avoid introducing the build path
+    # don't expand the abs_top_builddir on the target as the abs_top_builddir is meanlingless on the target
+    find ${S} -type f -name *.sh.in | xargs sed -i  "s:@abs_top_builddir@:@abs_top_builddir_placeholder@:g"
+    sed -i "s:@abs_top_srcdir@:@abs_top_srcdir_placeholder@:g" ${S}/src/bin/admin/kea-admin.in
 }
 
 do_install_append_class-target() {