diff --git a/tools/sparse/Makefile b/tools/sparse/Makefile
index cc75fdb7c75..2e8ad7c45ae 100644
--- a/tools/sparse/Makefile
+++ b/tools/sparse/Makefile
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 PKG_NAME:=sparse
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/sparse/sparse.git
-PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2015-01-24
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=40791b94c56b1a6da2a0ddeb1f9d5c9d64de8f93
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=ec232e48073488e5f7fc2168792932006cfc65240c266c9d395698d6ff15ba81
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/sparse/sparse.git
+PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2017-03-31
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=14964df5373292af78b29529d4fc7e1a26b67a97
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=90110e8a4d7db099ea79dd3b99a12135e24580d81b8662bd9a86e9f81bce9df7
 
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1