diff --git a/package/libtraceevent/libtraceevent.hash b/package/libtraceevent/libtraceevent.hash
index c0738de4e7..8830a5e998 100644
--- a/package/libtraceevent/libtraceevent.hash
+++ b/package/libtraceevent/libtraceevent.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  dc456d4d2bf4b4cd4d0c737d3374a8093f9e5ca18c1d7fc2279a4bf41e613121  libtraceevent-1.8.4.tar.gz
+sha256  1f2f5b8981818638ed51cdafc9b5e95316b5602255aa8ae19a3a5c8abede0e9a  libtraceevent-1.8.5.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 8c3514f265..d25f6b520e 100644
--- a/package/libtraceevent/libtraceevent.mk
+++ b/package/libtraceevent/libtraceevent.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBTRACEEVENT_VERSION = 1.8.4
+LIBTRACEEVENT_VERSION = 1.8.5
 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