diff --git a/packages/network/iptables/package.mk b/packages/network/iptables/package.mk
index f6185f0815..7399fb0532 100644
--- a/packages/network/iptables/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/iptables/package.mk
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="iptables"
-PKG_VERSION="1.8.8"
-PKG_SHA256="71c75889dc710676631553eb1511da0177bbaaf1b551265b912d236c3f51859f"
+PKG_VERSION="1.8.9"
+PKG_SHA256="ef6639a43be8325a4f8ea68123ffac236cb696e8c78501b64e8106afb008c87f"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.netfilter.org/"
-PKG_URL="https://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="https://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain linux:host libmnl libnftnl"
 PKG_LONGDESC="IP packet filter administration."
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
diff --git a/packages/network/iptables/patches/iptables-0001-xshared-fix-build-for--werror-format-security.patch b/packages/network/iptables/patches/iptables-0001-xshared-fix-build-for--werror-format-security.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c05b009c1..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/iptables/patches/iptables-0001-xshared-fix-build-for--werror-format-security.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-From b72eb12ea5a61df0655ad99d5048994e916be83a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
-Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 16:51:58 +0200
-Subject: xshared: Fix build for -Werror=format-security
-
-Gcc complains about the omitted format string.
-
-Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
----
- iptables/xshared.c | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/iptables/xshared.c b/iptables/xshared.c
-index fae5ddd5..a8512d38 100644
---- a/iptables/xshared.c
-+++ b/iptables/xshared.c
-@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ static void check_empty_interface(struct xtables_args *args, const char *arg)
- 		return;
- 
- 	if (args->family != NFPROTO_ARP)
--		xtables_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, msg);
-+		xtables_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, "%s", msg);
- 
- 	fprintf(stderr, "%s", msg);
- }
--- 
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-