diff --git a/packages/network/libssh/meta b/packages/network/libssh/meta
index f657837a02..da304252f4 100644
--- a/packages/network/libssh/meta
+++ b/packages/network/libssh/meta
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
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 PKG_NAME="libssh"
-PKG_VERSION="0.4.8"
+PKG_VERSION="0.5.0"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OpenSource"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.libssh.org/"
-PKG_URL="http://www.libssh.org/files/0.4/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_URL="http://www.libssh.org/files/0.5/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="zlib libgcrypt"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib libgcrypt"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"