diff --git a/package/network/services/dropbear/Makefile b/package/network/services/dropbear/Makefile
index 9d62e926b4..36bcb4ab7b 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dropbear/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/dropbear/Makefile
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dropbear
-PKG_VERSION:=2016.73
+PKG_VERSION:=2016.74
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:= \
 	http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/releases/ \
 	https://dropbear.nl/mirror/releases/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=8d6d78ce60ca52350ec04fcbd711ce9b
+PKG_MD5SUM:=9ad0172731e0f16623937804643b5bd8
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE libtomcrypt/LICENSE libtommath/LICENSE