diff --git a/package/lapack/lapack.hash b/package/lapack/lapack.hash
index e57cebcba0..fd3feef554 100644
--- a/package/lapack/lapack.hash
+++ b/package/lapack/lapack.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  888a50d787a9d828074db581c80b2d22bdb91435a673b1bf6cd6eb51aa50d1de  lapack-3.6.1.tgz
+sha256 f6c53fd9f56932f3ddb3d5e24c1c07e4cd9b3b08e7f89de9c867125eecc9a1c8  lapack-3.7.1.tgz
diff --git a/package/lapack/lapack.mk b/package/lapack/lapack.mk
index b747c7642d..4e74bbd659 100644
--- a/package/lapack/lapack.mk
+++ b/package/lapack/lapack.mk
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LAPACK_VERSION = 3.6.1
+LAPACK_VERSION = 3.7.1
 LAPACK_SOURCE = lapack-$(LAPACK_VERSION).tgz
 LAPACK_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 LAPACK_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 LAPACK_SITE = http://www.netlib.org/lapack
 LAPACK_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LAPACK_SUPPORTS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD = NO
 LAPACK_CONF_OPTS = -DLAPACKE=ON -DCBLAS=ON
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LAPACK_COMPLEX),y)