diff --git a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.hash b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.hash
index 4024965e23..645bc6a0ae 100644
--- a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.hash
+++ b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Upstream .sha256 from https://github.com/troglobit/sysklogd/releases/tag/v2.7.0
-sha256  6ab74ab5001121bb32697fd2f7ab3cc4b4452c3f721677e06e5b60982a04d0cc  sysklogd-2.7.0.tar.gz
+# Upstream .sha256 from https://github.com/troglobit/sysklogd/releases/tag/v2.7.1
+sha256  69944b2227647bf47ee01c9f482d19a79dbf2b53b8ce8ded0486b08db8c68c40  sysklogd-2.7.1.tar.gz
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  7a71d7603a7c4456df441463e54da35acf151c1be0879246de63544f1f34f477  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
index e8b7fe2062..a3e27fd17b 100644
--- a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
+++ b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-SYSKLOGD_VERSION = 2.7.0
+SYSKLOGD_VERSION = 2.7.1
 SYSKLOGD_SITE = https://github.com/troglobit/sysklogd/releases/download/v$(SYSKLOGD_VERSION)
 SYSKLOGD_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 SYSKLOGD_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE