diff --git a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash
index 9bcf119077..88abb79ee0 100644
--- a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash
+++ b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# From https://github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/releases/download/v4.4.36/libxcrypt-4.4.36.tar.xz.sha256sum
-sha256  e5e1f4caee0a01de2aee26e3138807d6d3ca2b8e67287966d1fefd65e1fd8943  libxcrypt-4.4.36.tar.xz
+# From https://github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/releases/download/v4.4.38/libxcrypt-4.4.38.tar.xz.sha256sum
+sha256  80304b9c306ea799327f01d9a7549bdb28317789182631f1b54f4511b4206dd6  libxcrypt-4.4.38.tar.xz
 
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  f9b48b0bc67a92b752780710aa774cf08b62ec2ebaa3f4aebd00069fba6effd2  LICENSING
diff --git a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk
index 60901988ac..c2b2ed3e4a 100644
--- a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk
+++ b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBXCRYPT_VERSION = 4.4.36
+LIBXCRYPT_VERSION = 4.4.38
 LIBXCRYPT_SITE = https://github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/releases/download/v$(LIBXCRYPT_VERSION)
 LIBXCRYPT_SOURCE = libxcrypt-$(LIBXCRYPT_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBXCRYPT_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+