diff --git a/net/memcached/Makefile b/net/memcached/Makefile
index 54d5f287e4..0ea7407cab 100644
--- a/net/memcached/Makefile
+++ b/net/memcached/Makefile
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=memcached
-PKG_VERSION:=1.6.8
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_VERSION:=1.6.9
+PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://memcached.org/files
-PKG_HASH:=e23b3a11f6ff52ac04ae5ea2e287052ce58fd1eadd394622eb65c3598fcd7939
+PKG_HASH:=d5a62ce377314dbffdb37c4467e7763e3abae376a16171e613cbe69956f092d1
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Thomas Heil <heil@terminal-consulting.de>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause