diff --git a/utils/whois/Makefile b/utils/whois/Makefile
index fb335f7d39..5197c7f07a 100644
--- a/utils/whois/Makefile
+++ b/utils/whois/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=whois
-PKG_VERSION:=5.5.7
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=5.5.8
+PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)_$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois
-PKG_HASH:=3efa700dbf38d127c31b21af3176cd6e5a69f96a056be60ac1dcd13df7717393
+PKG_HASH:=cd9e7bad3b6968182bfcc311e22be3aec9a974397377d748845147884ce07547
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=perl/host