diff --git a/package/libevdev/libevdev.hash b/package/libevdev/libevdev.hash
index a2074f877e..a2a5cd8acb 100644
--- a/package/libevdev/libevdev.hash
+++ b/package/libevdev/libevdev.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# Hash from https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/input-tools/2016-June/001307.html
-sha256 5ee2163656a61f5703cb5c08a05c9471ffb7b640bfbe2c55194ea50d908f629b libevdev-1.5.2.tar.xz
+# Hash from https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/input-tools/2016-August/001327.html
+sha256 11fe76d62cc76fbc9dbf8e94696a80eee63780139161e5cf54c55ec21a8173a4 libevdev-1.5.4.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/libevdev/libevdev.mk b/package/libevdev/libevdev.mk
index 3f2bbd4f96..ef660c77b0 100644
--- a/package/libevdev/libevdev.mk
+++ b/package/libevdev/libevdev.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBEVDEV_VERSION = 1.5.2
+LIBEVDEV_VERSION = 1.5.4
 LIBEVDEV_SITE = http://www.freedesktop.org/software/libevdev
 LIBEVDEV_SOURCE = libevdev-$(LIBEVDEV_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBEVDEV_LICENSE = X11