diff --git a/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.hash b/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.hash
index 26342bccd3..064a845eda 100644
--- a/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.hash
+++ b/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # sha256 locally computed
-sha256	17caab725539447bcb17a14b17905242cbf287087e53a6777524feb7bbaeed06	gnuchess-6.2.1.tar.gz
+sha256 3c425c0264f253fc5cc2ba969abe667d77703c728770bd4b23c456cbe5e082ef  gnuchess-6.2.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.mk b/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.mk
index 0555cb17b4..e066b01fe5 100644
--- a/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.mk
+++ b/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-GNUCHESS_VERSION = 6.2.1
+GNUCHESS_VERSION = 6.2.4
 GNUCHESS_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/chess
 GNUCHESS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 GNUCHESS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING