diff --git a/package/empty/empty.hash b/package/empty/empty.hash
index cc74254a7a..5c7daa0052 100644
--- a/package/empty/empty.hash
+++ b/package/empty/empty.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  f581d560e1fa857f5304586e3c2107b5838bcf11dedcccec4a7191fa9e261b69  empty-0.6.22b.tgz
-sha256  db6b65f5eaf782a92715887ac107f3477d64016301a66194a92312b13ff89be1  COPYRIGHT
+sha256  8a7ca8c7099dc6d6743ac7eafc0be3b1f8991d2c8f20cf66ce900c7f08e010bd  empty-0.6.23c.tgz
+sha256  6433f4490a82b80ddac37f24cebfe8f3cd7de5686ebb9737281d47997a9941d6  COPYRIGHT
diff --git a/package/empty/empty.mk b/package/empty/empty.mk
index 91d9476445..24135b2f8d 100644
--- a/package/empty/empty.mk
+++ b/package/empty/empty.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-EMPTY_VERSION = 0.6.22b
+EMPTY_VERSION = 0.6.23c
 EMPTY_SOURCE = empty-$(EMPTY_VERSION).tgz
 EMPTY_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/empty/empty/empty-$(EMPTY_VERSION)
 EMPTY_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause