diff --git a/package/libcap/libcap.hash b/package/libcap/libcap.hash
index ec59f224bb..68c331f2b4 100644
--- a/package/libcap/libcap.hash
+++ b/package/libcap/libcap.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/sha256sums.asc
-sha256  6405f6089cf4cdd8c271540cd990654d78dd0b1989b2d9bda20f933a75a795a5  libcap-2.73.tar.xz
+sha256  629da4ab29900d0f7fcc36227073743119925fd711c99a1689bbf5c9b40c8e6f  libcap-2.76.tar.xz
 
 # Hash for license file:
 sha256  68467e731f4744bd6e0bb69e8df9c3a994e09cd6b203d0c41327ac6d079c581d  License
diff --git a/package/libcap/libcap.mk b/package/libcap/libcap.mk
index 25b3a46c44..b4158a5be8 100644
--- a/package/libcap/libcap.mk
+++ b/package/libcap/libcap.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBCAP_VERSION = 2.73
+LIBCAP_VERSION = 2.76
 LIBCAP_SITE = https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2
 LIBCAP_SOURCE = libcap-$(LIBCAP_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBCAP_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 or BSD-3-Clause