diff --git a/package/inotify-tools/inotify-tools.mk b/package/inotify-tools/inotify-tools.mk
index 3502525f61..e8b1498e6f 100644
--- a/package/inotify-tools/inotify-tools.mk
+++ b/package/inotify-tools/inotify-tools.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-INOTIFY_TOOLS_VERSION = 06007d350faa8731c67e186923ab417486104719
+INOTIFY_TOOLS_VERSION = 1df9af4d6cd0f4af4b1b19254bcf056aed4ae395
 INOTIFY_TOOLS_SITE = $(call github,rvoicilas,inotify-tools,$(INOTIFY_TOOLS_VERSION))
 INOTIFY_TOOLS_LICENSE = GPL
 INOTIFY_TOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING