diff --git a/admin/monit/Makefile b/admin/monit/Makefile
index ac2fcecc5c..4246512c40 100644
--- a/admin/monit/Makefile
+++ b/admin/monit/Makefile
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=monit
-PKG_VERSION:=5.20.0
+PKG_VERSION:=5.23.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_HASH:=ebac395ec50c1ae64d568db1260bc049d0e0e624c00e79d7b1b9a59c2679b98d
+PKG_HASH:=dd39fe3a379c02402ba9c44c201b3ba925ebdc8f04225918820607b6c5d56713
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mmonit.com/monit/dist
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=AGPL-3.0
diff --git a/admin/monit/patches/001-fix-default-piddir.patch b/admin/monit/patches/001-fix-default-piddir.patch
index 3d6059df70..6382f6f40a 100644
--- a/admin/monit/patches/001-fix-default-piddir.patch
+++ b/admin/monit/patches/001-fix-default-piddir.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/configure
 +++ b/configure
-@@ -13839,14 +13839,7 @@ fi
+@@ -13852,14 +13852,7 @@ fi
  # Find the right directory to put the root-mode PID file in
  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking pid file location" >&5
  $as_echo_n "checking pid file location... " >&6; }