diff --git a/package/libtraceevent/libtraceevent.hash b/package/libtraceevent/libtraceevent.hash
index 8830a5e998..a974f326e0 100644
--- a/package/libtraceevent/libtraceevent.hash
+++ b/package/libtraceevent/libtraceevent.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  1f2f5b8981818638ed51cdafc9b5e95316b5602255aa8ae19a3a5c8abede0e9a  libtraceevent-1.8.5.tar.gz
+sha256  812547d2f7b248485c183be2799b7041038ee44183000705609754b128c84c6f  libtraceevent-1.8.6.tar.gz
 sha256  f6b78c087c3ebdf0f3c13415070dd480a3f35d8fc76f3d02180a407c1c812f79  LICENSES/GPL-2.0
 sha256  0b9a4febcdee6de55872501d5c1a8f5d8b0d1650cd4d5351995ceb22e889f8ca  LICENSES/LGPL-2.1
diff --git a/package/libtraceevent/libtraceevent.mk b/package/libtraceevent/libtraceevent.mk
index d25f6b520e..cc0190f84a 100644
--- a/package/libtraceevent/libtraceevent.mk
+++ b/package/libtraceevent/libtraceevent.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBTRACEEVENT_VERSION = 1.8.5
+LIBTRACEEVENT_VERSION = 1.8.6
 LIBTRACEEVENT_SITE = https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/snapshot
 LIBTRACEEVENT_LICENSE = GPL-2.0, LGPL-2.1
 LIBTRACEEVENT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSES/GPL-2.0 LICENSES/LGPL-2.1