diff --git a/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.mk b/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.mk
index 0f4cebb412..ade0136ee9 100644
--- a/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.mk
+++ b/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-TCPDUMP_VERSION = 4.5.1
+TCPDUMP_VERSION = 4.6.1
 TCPDUMP_SITE = http://www.tcpdump.org/release
 TCPDUMP_LICENSE = BSD-3c
 TCPDUMP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE