diff --git a/package/memcached/memcached.hash b/package/memcached/memcached.hash
index 7acbaf41fd..98e572d1b2 100644
--- a/package/memcached/memcached.hash
+++ b/package/memcached/memcached.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# From http://www.memcached.org/files/memcached-1.4.21.tar.gz.sha1
-sha1	ab10c46dd9f5d4401872d9670e575afa5bc7d66f	memcached-1.4.21.tar.gz
+# From http://www.memcached.org/files/memcached-1.4.22.tar.gz.sha1
+sha1	5968d357d504a1f52622f9f8a3e85c29558acaa5	memcached-1.4.22.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/memcached/memcached.mk b/package/memcached/memcached.mk
index c057d57a75..8a005d4694 100644
--- a/package/memcached/memcached.mk
+++ b/package/memcached/memcached.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-MEMCACHED_VERSION = 1.4.21
+MEMCACHED_VERSION = 1.4.22
 MEMCACHED_SITE = http://www.memcached.org/files
 MEMCACHED_DEPENDENCIES = libevent
 MEMCACHED_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_prog_cc_c99='-std=gnu99'