diff --git a/package/network/config/netifd/Makefile b/package/network/config/netifd/Makefile
index c0a0e9a9ed..586f74063a 100644
--- a/package/network/config/netifd/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/config/netifd/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=netifd
-PKG_VERSION:=2016-02-01
+PKG_VERSION:=2016-03-04
 PKG_RELEASE=$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL=$(OPENWRT_GIT)/project/netifd.git
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=3610a24b218974bdf2d2f709a8af9e4a990c47bd
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=e27e23f76437edc7871c03c8c92d69fbe52d30f5
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
 # PKG_MIRROR_MD5SUM:=