diff --git a/package/cjson/cjson.hash b/package/cjson/cjson.hash
index bc5fe213a2..9e12791689 100644
--- a/package/cjson/cjson.hash
+++ b/package/cjson/cjson.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256 0fcf35ce2f28d8696f9cd92a0845d6210d981e2be4c6c6d55692fe3714e5b79b  cjson-v1.5.3.tar.gz
+sha256 f131a3067c78603683f84759de31320444f58d859a77afa77fca858d92ceba60  cjson-v1.5.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/cjson/cjson.mk b/package/cjson/cjson.mk
index a562eb2a34..dc1eb06494 100644
--- a/package/cjson/cjson.mk
+++ b/package/cjson/cjson.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-CJSON_VERSION = v1.5.3
+CJSON_VERSION = v1.5.5
 CJSON_SITE = $(call github,DaveGamble,cjson,$(CJSON_VERSION))
 CJSON_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 CJSON_LICENSE = MIT