diff --git a/package/libevent/libevent.hash b/package/libevent/libevent.hash
index 77574e784b..e047031f48 100644
--- a/package/libevent/libevent.hash
+++ b/package/libevent/libevent.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+# From https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/tag/release-2.1.13-stable
+sha256  f7e9383b8c0baa81b687e5b5eecc01beefaf1b19b64151d95ed61647fe7a315c  libevent-2.1.13-stable.tar.gz
 # locally computed
-sha1  cd55656a9b5bed630b08f05495230affb7996b21  libevent-2.1.12-stable.tar.gz
-sha256  92e6de1be9ec176428fd2367677e61ceffc2ee1cb119035037a27d346b0403bb  libevent-2.1.12-stable.tar.gz
 sha256  ff02effc9b331edcdac387d198691bfa3e575e7d244ad10cb826aa51ef085670  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libevent/libevent.mk b/package/libevent/libevent.mk
index 355dfedcc1..cc8fb21915 100644
--- a/package/libevent/libevent.mk
+++ b/package/libevent/libevent.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBEVENT_VERSION = 2.1.12
+LIBEVENT_VERSION = 2.1.13
 LIBEVENT_SITE = https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-$(LIBEVENT_VERSION)-stable
 LIBEVENT_SOURCE = libevent-$(LIBEVENT_VERSION)-stable.tar.gz
 LIBEVENT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES