diff --git a/net/memcached/Makefile b/net/memcached/Makefile
index 91ae4da644..111b14d57e 100644
--- a/net/memcached/Makefile
+++ b/net/memcached/Makefile
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=memcached
-PKG_VERSION:=1.4.22
+PKG_VERSION:=1.4.24
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://memcached.org/files
-PKG_MD5SUM:=2b7eefa17c811998f4cd55bfabc12b8e
+PKG_MD5SUM:=4d6e8c90e2068580526c7579dd7f37f6
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Thomas Heil <heil@terminal-consulting.de>
 PKG_LICENSE:=permissive free software license