diff --git a/utils/haveged/Makefile b/utils/haveged/Makefile
index 37bfef0b20..e640e548a8 100644
--- a/utils/haveged/Makefile
+++ b/utils/haveged/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=haveged
-PKG_VERSION:=1.9.6
+PKG_VERSION:=1.9.8
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/jirka-h/haveged/tar.gz/v$(PKG_VERSION)?
-PKG_HASH:=4d4c046755476d3734ffb78772c242c25913ff0eb7509c143671dae6ec9d1189
+PKG_HASH:=99aa1996c6e39ea2459cfc37addfb8b1eecc63f3a2b6da9db17b22e76b6851ae
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/haveged-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPLv3