diff --git a/libs/apr/Makefile b/libs/apr/Makefile
index 975447ddc5..0807001c47 100644
--- a/libs/apr/Makefile
+++ b/libs/apr/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=apr
-PKG_VERSION:=1.5.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.6.2
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@APACHE/apr/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=4e9769f3349fe11fc0a5e1b224c236aa
+PKG_MD5SUM:=e81a851967c79b5ce9bfbc909e4bf735
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Thomas Heil <heil@terminal-consulting.de>
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache License