diff --git a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash
index 99ddf62be0..bdda6b47c0 100644
--- a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash
+++ b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  e4ff47b7fa5370fa08e27258f8a0de5cb7e9b09c297ec7ab56a8a82e229a1c84  libxcrypt-4.4.27.tar.gz
+sha256  db7e37901969cb1d1e8020cb73a991ef81e48e31ea5b76a101862c806426b457  libxcrypt-4.4.28.tar.gz
 sha256  f9b48b0bc67a92b752780710aa774cf08b62ec2ebaa3f4aebd00069fba6effd2  LICENSING
 sha256  dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551  COPYING.LIB
diff --git a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk
index 65efa2bab9..f7a0fd4308 100644
--- a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk
+++ b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBXCRYPT_VERSION = 4.4.27
+LIBXCRYPT_VERSION = 4.4.28
 LIBXCRYPT_SITE = $(call github,besser82,libxcrypt,v$(LIBXCRYPT_VERSION))
 LIBXCRYPT_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 LIBXCRYPT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSING COPYING.LIB