diff --git a/package/libmodbus/libmodbus.hash b/package/libmodbus/libmodbus.hash
index 095164d613..b5c4450d6b 100644
--- a/package/libmodbus/libmodbus.hash
+++ b/package/libmodbus/libmodbus.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256	046d63f10f755e2160dc56ef681e5f5ad3862a57c1955fd82e0ce036b69471b6	libmodbus-3.0.6.tar.gz
+sha256  c8c862b0e9a7ba699a49bc98f62bdffdfafd53a5716c0e162696b4bf108d3637  libmodbus-3.1.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/libmodbus/libmodbus.mk b/package/libmodbus/libmodbus.mk
index 6f0f342011..e5a6c6385a 100644
--- a/package/libmodbus/libmodbus.mk
+++ b/package/libmodbus/libmodbus.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBMODBUS_VERSION = 3.0.6
+LIBMODBUS_VERSION = 3.1.4
 LIBMODBUS_SITE = http://libmodbus.org/releases
 LIBMODBUS_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 LIBMODBUS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LESSER
 LIBMODBUS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBMODBUS_CONF_OPTS = --without-documentation --disable-tests
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))