diff --git a/utils/minicom/Makefile b/utils/minicom/Makefile
index 5d26fcdffb..5bffc22c6b 100644
--- a/utils/minicom/Makefile
+++ b/utils/minicom/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2017 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=minicom
-PKG_VERSION:=2.7
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_VERSION:=2.7.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/file/3977/
-PKG_HASH:=9ac3a663b82f4f5df64114b4792b9926b536c85f59de0f2d2b321c7626a904f4
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/file/4215
+PKG_HASH:=532f836b7a677eb0cb1dca8d70302b73729c3d30df26d58368d712e5cca041f1
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@gmail.com>
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
diff --git a/utils/minicom/patches/110-reproducible-builds.patch b/utils/minicom/patches/110-reproducible-builds.patch
index 40870c3432..1302f5b815 100644
--- a/utils/minicom/patches/110-reproducible-builds.patch
+++ b/utils/minicom/patches/110-reproducible-builds.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/src/minicom.c
 +++ b/src/minicom.c
-@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
        switch(c) {
  	case 'v':
  	  printf(_("%s version %s"), PACKAGE, VERSION);
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  	  printf(_(" (compiled %s)"), __DATE__);
  #endif
  	  printf("\n");
-@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
  
    mc_wprintf(us, "\n%s %s\r\n", _("Welcome to minicom"), VERSION);
    mc_wprintf(us, "\n%s: %s\r\n", _("OPTIONS"), option_string);