diff --git a/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.hash b/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.hash
index b68eb6e0ee..0248abcf71 100644
--- a/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.hash
+++ b/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # sha256 locally computed
-sha256  d50446cda8012240321da39cddbb4df4d08458a8d538a4738882814139583847  gnuchess-6.2.8.tar.gz
+sha256  ddfcc20bdd756900a9ab6c42c7daf90a2893bf7f19ce347420ce36baebc41890  gnuchess-6.2.9.tar.gz
 sha256  8ceb4b9ee5adedde47b31e975c1d90c73ad27b6b165a1dcd80c7c545eb65b903  COPYING
diff --git a/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.mk b/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.mk
index 29d3590849..630b3aefa7 100644
--- a/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.mk
+++ b/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-GNUCHESS_VERSION = 6.2.8
+GNUCHESS_VERSION = 6.2.9
 GNUCHESS_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/chess
 GNUCHESS_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 GNUCHESS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING