diff --git a/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.hash b/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.hash
index 9342fc3eb7..1641a7d8f9 100644
--- a/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.hash
+++ b/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # sha256 locally computed
-sha256 9a99e963355706cab32099d140b698eda9de164ebce40a5420b1b9772dd04802  gnuchess-6.2.5.tar.gz
-sha256 8ceb4b9ee5adedde47b31e975c1d90c73ad27b6b165a1dcd80c7c545eb65b903  COPYING
+sha256  e536675a61abe82e61b919f6b786755441d9fcd4c21e1c82fb9e5340dd229846  gnuchess-6.2.7.tar.gz
+sha256  8ceb4b9ee5adedde47b31e975c1d90c73ad27b6b165a1dcd80c7c545eb65b903  COPYING
diff --git a/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.mk b/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.mk
index e386556c9f..60327dfe06 100644
--- a/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.mk
+++ b/package/gnuchess/gnuchess.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-GNUCHESS_VERSION = 6.2.5
+GNUCHESS_VERSION = 6.2.7
 GNUCHESS_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/chess
 GNUCHESS_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 GNUCHESS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING