diff --git a/package/can-utils/can-utils.mk b/package/can-utils/can-utils.mk
index c4a777b2bb..743fe7ce0b 100644
--- a/package/can-utils/can-utils.mk
+++ b/package/can-utils/can-utils.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-CAN_UTILS_VERSION = 836d3cc0122ce31a1b732d369cbd27b690c3110f
+CAN_UTILS_VERSION = 16c970d40e6c19dde705bad4751bab1a3a4f3a0d
 CAN_UTILS_SITE = git://gitorious.org/linux-can/can-utils.git
 CAN_UTILS_AUTORECONF = YES