diff --git a/utils/yara/Makefile b/utils/yara/Makefile
index 98bbc9233a..480d6f43d6 100644
--- a/utils/yara/Makefile
+++ b/utils/yara/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=yara
-PKG_VERSION:=4.2.0
+PKG_VERSION:=4.5.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/VirusTotal/yara/tar.gz/v$(PKG_VERSION)?
-PKG_HASH:=6f567d4e4b79a210cd57a820f59f19ee69b024188ef4645b1fc11488a4660951
+PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=v$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=1b549a5aa3320ed768398b0152cb194a7e30c24275fc054facdb4d41bf729cb4
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Marko Ratkaj <markoratkaj@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	$(if $(CONFIG_YARA_module_magic),--enable,--disable)-magic \
 	$(if $(CONFIG_YARA_module_cuckoo),--enable,--disable)-cuckoo
 
+TARGET_CFLAGS += -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
+
 define Package/yara/config
 	source "$(SOURCE)/Config.in"
 endef