diff --git a/package/boot/arm-trusted-firmware-mvebu/Makefile b/package/boot/arm-trusted-firmware-mvebu/Makefile
index 7fefee3846..bd03a6a32e 100644
--- a/package/boot/arm-trusted-firmware-mvebu/Makefile
+++ b/package/boot/arm-trusted-firmware-mvebu/Makefile
@@ -122,15 +122,15 @@ TFA_MAKE_FLAGS += \
 		mrvl_uart
 
 A3700_UTILS_NAME:=a3700-utils
-A3700_UTILS_RELEASE:=5598e150
+A3700_UTILS_RELEASE:=2efdb10f
 A3700_UTILS_SOURCE=$(A3700_UTILS_NAME)-$(A3700_UTILS_RELEASE).tar.bz2
 
 define Download/a3700-utils
   FILE:=$(A3700_UTILS_SOURCE)
   PROTO:=git
   URL:=https://github.com/MarvellEmbeddedProcessors/A3700-utils-marvell.git
-  VERSION:=5598e150fa3a1568256c30223fd2b214d729f26a
-  MIRROR_HASH:=4c3a3bed97833d08af4e42995c0c5af6c107f990fd492cd90aa3e79134d2751e
+  VERSION:=2efdb10f3524c534d276002adf81fec06e0f1cf2
+  MIRROR_HASH:=4476e1bacfa7abb4a1303c6cf3aa7d067038b24090dfd5da13ca2a72a0d5c7a4
   SUBDIR:=$(A3700_UTILS_NAME)
 endef
 
diff --git a/package/boot/arm-trusted-firmware-mvebu/patches-a3700-utils/001-version.patch b/package/boot/arm-trusted-firmware-mvebu/patches-a3700-utils/001-version.patch
index 745e615074..0519598a28 100644
--- a/package/boot/arm-trusted-firmware-mvebu/patches-a3700-utils/001-version.patch
+++ b/package/boot/arm-trusted-firmware-mvebu/patches-a3700-utils/001-version.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 diff --git a/wtmi/sys_init/Makefile b/wtmi/sys_init/Makefile
 --- a/wtmi/sys_init/Makefile
 +++ b/wtmi/sys_init/Makefile
-@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ ECHO     = @echo
+@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ ECHO     = @echo
  SED      = @sed
  
  LOCAL_VERSION_STRING	?= -armada
--BUILD_STRING		:= $(shell git log -n 1 --pretty=format:"%h")
-+A3700_UTILS_COMMIT_ID	?= $(shell git log -n 1 --pretty=format:"%h")
-+BUILD_STRING		:= $(A3700_UTILS_COMMIT_ID)
- VERSION_STRING		:= $(LOCAL_VERSION_STRING)-$(BUILD_STRING)
+-BUILD_STRING		:= $(shell git log -n 1 --pretty=format:"%h" && (git diff-index --quiet HEAD || echo -dirty))
+-VERSION_STRING		:= $(LOCAL_VERSION_STRING)-$(BUILD_STRING)
++A3700_UTILS_COMMIT_ID	?= $(shell git log -n 1 --pretty=format:"%h" && (git diff-index --quiet HEAD || echo -dirty))
++VERSION_STRING		:= $(LOCAL_VERSION_STRING)-$(A3700_UTILS_COMMIT_ID)
  
  CPUOPTS  = -mthumb -mcpu=cortex-m3 -mlittle-endian
+ BINPATH  = build