diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
index 46b68a24a6..d49a7f6a03 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dnsmasq
-PKG_VERSION:=2.79rc1
+PKG_VERSION:=2.79rc2
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/release-candidates/
-PKG_HASH:=57d17a3a6cf34af5dcbc5107c45b05671bda9d250718fe073ca12c5f61099985
+PKG_HASH:=1aa10aff223bad361db56716ee3f88e5cd14ee5cd3615c45daae593e72c85cd3
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING