diff --git a/packages/web/libmicrohttpd/package.mk b/packages/web/libmicrohttpd/package.mk
index 5bdb1a7bd8..2f6fc43468 100644
--- a/packages/web/libmicrohttpd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/web/libmicrohttpd/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
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 PKG_NAME="libmicrohttpd"
-PKG_VERSION="0.9.33"
+PKG_VERSION="0.9.40"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"