diff --git a/package/kbd/kbd.hash b/package/kbd/kbd.hash
index 324ba065d0..63f7286d30 100644
--- a/package/kbd/kbd.hash
+++ b/package/kbd/kbd.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # From https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kbd/sha256sums.asc
-sha256  55f0740458cfd3a84e775e50d7e8b92dc01846db1edad8e2411ccc293ece9b9f  kbd-2.4.0.tar.xz
-sha256  ddb9db7630752f8fdc6898f7c99a99eaeeac5213627ecb093df9c82f56175dc7  COPYING
+sha256  ccdf452387a6380973d2927363e9cbb939fa2068915a6f937ff9d24522024683  kbd-2.5.1.tar.xz
+sha256  8177f97513213526df2cf6184d8ff986c675afb514d4e68a404010521b880643  COPYING
 sha256  5a16340fe773f422144b436df90319114a2884933c56e9be6fad642e59be5e1f  CREDITS
diff --git a/package/kbd/kbd.mk b/package/kbd/kbd.mk
index ea2c00a373..15912419f8 100644
--- a/package/kbd/kbd.mk
+++ b/package/kbd/kbd.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-KBD_VERSION = 2.4.0
+KBD_VERSION = 2.5.1
 KBD_SOURCE = kbd-$(KBD_VERSION).tar.xz
 KBD_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/utils/kbd
 KBD_CONF_OPTS = \