diff --git a/package/libs/libcap/Makefile b/package/libs/libcap/Makefile
index 29ff75c5cd6..b8e45a52c77 100644
--- a/package/libs/libcap/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libcap/Makefile
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libcap
-PKG_VERSION:=2.43
+PKG_VERSION:=2.48
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@KERNEL/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2
-PKG_HASH:=512a0e5fc4c1e06d472a20da26aa96a9b9bf2a26b23f094f77f1b8da56cc427f
+PKG_HASH:=4de9590ee09a87c282d558737ffb5b6175ccbfd26d580add10df44d0f047f6c2
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Paul Wassi <p.wassi@gmx.at>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only