diff --git a/packages/compress/zlib/package.mk b/packages/compress/zlib/package.mk
index ff5f96f6f9..69986b5a6b 100644
--- a/packages/compress/zlib/package.mk
+++ b/packages/compress/zlib/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="zlib"
-PKG_VERSION="1.2.13"
-PKG_SHA256="b3a24de97a8fdbc835b9833169501030b8977031bcb54b3b3ac13740f846ab30"
+PKG_VERSION="1.3"
+PKG_SHA256="ff0ba4c292013dbc27530b3a81e1f9a813cd39de01ca5e0f8bf355702efa593e"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.zlib.net"
 PKG_URL="https://zlib.net/fossils/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"