diff --git a/package/libssh2/libssh2.hash b/package/libssh2/libssh2.hash
index c4732a2c07..58aba4ad71 100644
--- a/package/libssh2/libssh2.hash
+++ b/package/libssh2/libssh2.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256 468e7a81a8121c06cb099eef2e17106b0b8c2e1d890b1c0e34e1951f182babb1  libssh2-1b3cbaff518f32e5b70650d4b7b52361b1410d37.tar.gz
+sha256 db257d41754b16518c3bd0c3b8dd08940ccbee5fc44cef7bfb052d930bcbbda3  libssh2-1.9.0.tar.gz
 sha256 e15ed284a15e80115467d6d7f030f0d89d8fabbecd78fb6e0f861f0cfc128fd9  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk b/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk
index abee1f8c77..824e208033 100644
--- a/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk
+++ b/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBSSH2_VERSION = 1b3cbaff518f32e5b70650d4b7b52361b1410d37
-LIBSSH2_SITE = $(call github,libssh2,libssh2,$(LIBSSH2_VERSION))
+LIBSSH2_VERSION = 1.9.0
+LIBSSH2_SITE = $(call github,libssh2,libssh2,libssh2-$(LIBSSH2_VERSION))
 LIBSSH2_LICENSE = BSD
 LIBSSH2_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBSSH2_INSTALL_STAGING = YES