diff --git a/package/libecoli/libecoli.hash b/package/libecoli/libecoli.hash
index 433550f91b..f973b6f254 100644
--- a/package/libecoli/libecoli.hash
+++ b/package/libecoli/libecoli.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  e66a85a35bae644b0baf9a4e6d084ff926ebaa12023f9df9f34e8f7a46834da8  libecoli-0.3.0.tar.gz
+sha256  bc9ca742f32dc7787146de4cbc3997b28356adaf219049304bbc3368d25b7395  libecoli-0.5.0.tar.gz
 sha256  e58bf9ec962bee9b3e37abcaa0bc0ec940b05efdc1d1a5a4d9e2fdbcc08b7bdd  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libecoli/libecoli.mk b/package/libecoli/libecoli.mk
index f260467d1f..f989e7b9cd 100644
--- a/package/libecoli/libecoli.mk
+++ b/package/libecoli/libecoli.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBECOLI_VERSION = 0.3.0
+LIBECOLI_VERSION = 0.5.0
 LIBECOLI_SITE = $(call github,rjarry,libecoli,v$(LIBECOLI_VERSION))
 LIBECOLI_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBECOLI_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause