diff --git a/package/checksec/checksec.hash b/package/checksec/checksec.hash
index 856662b193..4ca3867114 100644
--- a/package/checksec/checksec.hash
+++ b/package/checksec/checksec.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  eba0616f4033385d6093608a2a2aad3c2debb847d6778c87346f89c80946684f  checksec-2.7.1.tar.gz
+sha256  59a351ac9b552a817329f2d2c1cd8ee76f6cf2ad8916e8eea56310154c0e31fc  checksec-181cdfa84893a5d72695944efabfa5b56687379c.tar.gz
 sha256  55154b4be6dfcb3ff29d1e3648d0d07b3943a5fcc3af7c2e0e799b074734f722  LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/package/checksec/checksec.mk b/package/checksec/checksec.mk
index c1170e822e..51a05c2a6b 100644
--- a/package/checksec/checksec.mk
+++ b/package/checksec/checksec.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-CHECKSEC_VERSION = 2.7.1
+# git hash of 2.7.1 release.
+CHECKSEC_VERSION = 181cdfa84893a5d72695944efabfa5b56687379c
 CHECKSEC_SITE = $(call github,slimm609,checksec.sh,$(CHECKSEC_VERSION))
 CHECKSEC_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 CHECKSEC_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt