diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/depends/oniguruma/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/depends/oniguruma/package.mk
index b899860670..7ff841fe15 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/depends/oniguruma/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/depends/oniguruma/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="oniguruma"
-PKG_VERSION="6.9.7.1"
-PKG_SHA256="6444204b9c34e6eb6c0b23021ce89a0370dad2b2f5c00cd44c342753e0b204d9"
+PKG_VERSION="6.9.8"
+PKG_SHA256="28cd62c1464623c7910565fb1ccaaa0104b2fe8b12bcd646e81f73b47535213e"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/download/v${PKG_VERSION}/onig-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"