diff --git a/package/socat/0003-configure.ac-correct-the-getprotobynumber_r-test.patch b/package/socat/0003-configure.ac-correct-the-getprotobynumber_r-test.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index de95405531..0000000000
--- a/package/socat/0003-configure.ac-correct-the-getprotobynumber_r-test.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-From d56a11beb9b181fd91a70a6d703dfbdfe887122a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
-Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 17:56:10 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] configure.ac: correct the getprotobynumber_r test
-
-The AC_TRY_COMPILE test succeeds even when libc does not provide the
-tested symbol. The compiler produces a warning, but exits successfully.
-Use AC_TRY_LINK that will only succeeds if libc provides the symbol.
-
-This fixes build with musl libc that does not support
-getprotobynumber_r().
-
-Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
----
-Upstream status: sent to socat@dest-unreach.org
-
- configure.ac | 6 +++---
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index d4acc9e7e6f5..973a7f2218c9 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -137,13 +137,13 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT($sc_cv_have_prototype_hstrerror)
- # getprotobynumber_r() is not standardized
- AC_MSG_CHECKING(for getprotobynumber_r() variant)
- AC_CACHE_VAL(sc_cv_getprotobynumber_r,
--[AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stddef.h>
-+[AC_TRY_LINK([#include <stddef.h>
- #include <netdb.h>],[getprotobynumber_r(1,NULL,NULL,1024,NULL);],
- [sc_cv_getprotobynumber_r=1; tmp_bynum_variant=Linux],
-- [AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stddef.h>
-+ [AC_TRY_LINK([#include <stddef.h>
-  #include <netdb.h>],[getprotobynumber_r(1,NULL,NULL,1024);],
-  [sc_cv_getprotobynumber_r=2; tmp_bynum_variant=Solaris],
--  [AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stddef.h>
-+  [AC_TRY_LINK([#include <stddef.h>
-   #include <netdb.h>],[getprotobynumber_r(1,NULL,NULL);],
-   [sc_cv_getprotobynumber_r=3; tmp_bynum_variant=AIX],
- 
--- 
-2.34.1
-
diff --git a/package/socat/socat.hash b/package/socat/socat.hash
index 4f7ff5328e..2113e1b3a4 100644
--- a/package/socat/socat.hash
+++ b/package/socat/socat.hash
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # From http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download.md5sum
-md5  5c28dd258ba928326d0716fcb4895cc2  socat-1.7.4.3.tar.bz2
+md5  a605d3779465f42c07fc507cfbfb08f9  socat-1.7.4.4.tar.bz2
 # From http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download.sha256sum
-sha256  d47318104415077635119dfee44bcfb41de3497374a9a001b1aff6e2f0858007  socat-1.7.4.3.tar.bz2
+sha256  fbd42bd2f0e54a3af6d01bdf15385384ab82dbc0e4f1a5e153b3e0be1b6380ac  socat-1.7.4.4.tar.bz2
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  432aebfec164bedcaada7cdf2849e1f003fa00a91a0a1ed34d7cf4abe980f5fb  README
+sha256  3555c6bc2779ff0f9a7145d1e3cd1d8fde59548bcd3364a23b907de21eec5aa8  README
 sha256  8177f97513213526df2cf6184d8ff986c675afb514d4e68a404010521b880643  COPYING
 sha256  fd9e48ca316a5032069b9521f4f4b4d9b1c60365012bae1e62286bcd5bd2e761  COPYING.OpenSSL
diff --git a/package/socat/socat.mk b/package/socat/socat.mk
index e20577492d..0414c8adc8 100644
--- a/package/socat/socat.mk
+++ b/package/socat/socat.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-SOCAT_VERSION = 1.7.4.3
+SOCAT_VERSION = 1.7.4.4
 SOCAT_SOURCE = socat-$(SOCAT_VERSION).tar.bz2
 SOCAT_SITE = http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download
 SOCAT_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 with OpenSSL exception