diff --git a/package/bison/bison.mk b/package/bison/bison.mk
index 1fbbf91029..47a75601de 100644
--- a/package/bison/bison.mk
+++ b/package/bison/bison.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-BISON_VERSION = 2.7.1
+BISON_VERSION = 3.0
 BISON_SOURCE = bison-$(BISON_VERSION).tar.xz
 BISON_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/bison
 BISON_LICENSE = GPLv3+