diff --git a/admin/monit/Makefile b/admin/monit/Makefile
index b172de4aa7..4f90c1264e 100644
--- a/admin/monit/Makefile
+++ b/admin/monit/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=monit
-PKG_VERSION:=5.14
+PKG_VERSION:=5.17.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mmonit.com/monit/dist
-PKG_MD5SUM:=1b3ae1eb08a0914402a8764e5689c1c5
+PKG_MD5SUM:=6918ed7411a244c9e158f5e54c86be78
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=AGPL-3.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING