diff --git a/package/squashfs/squashfs.hash b/package/squashfs/squashfs.hash
index 13d5aed71f..bc45b4ab5e 100644
--- a/package/squashfs/squashfs.hash
+++ b/package/squashfs/squashfs.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  277b6e7f75a4a57f72191295ae62766a10d627a4f5e5f19eadfbc861378deea7  squashfs-4.5.1.tar.gz
+sha256  94201754b36121a9f022a190c75f718441df15402df32c2b520ca331a107511c  squashfs-4.6.1.tar.gz
 
 # License files
 sha256  8177f97513213526df2cf6184d8ff986c675afb514d4e68a404010521b880643  COPYING
diff --git a/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk b/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk
index 323908d94e..082104b6d4 100644
--- a/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk
+++ b/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-SQUASHFS_VERSION = 4.5.1
+SQUASHFS_VERSION = 4.6.1
 SQUASHFS_SITE = $(call github,plougher,squashfs-tools,$(SQUASHFS_VERSION))
 SQUASHFS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 SQUASHFS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING