diff --git a/utils/irqbalance/Makefile b/utils/irqbalance/Makefile
index 2b00fe73ed..6347ee1536 100644
--- a/utils/irqbalance/Makefile
+++ b/utils/irqbalance/Makefile
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=irqbalance
-PKG_VERSION:=1.8.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_VERSION:=1.9.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/Irqbalance/irqbalance.git
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=99ae256d02b35778b406e598beedc8d827cdac18
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=35a9607ccc7827209cbe5cfeb5d5354ad3c1f95ffdefa866a016758680a40b4e
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=80d5fbb947debe221e4c23c0ee0f4f2b89a99443
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=9af2e51d2696bc51400223dee2009071bee5f12b3a5050f18c7de23632e2190d
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPLv2