diff --git a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash
index b47f470020..99ddf62be0 100644
--- a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash
+++ b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  e8a544dd19171c1e6191a6044c96cc31496d781ba08b5a00f53310d001d58114  libxcrypt-4.4.26.tar.gz
-sha256  cead8b3d94a143f64ccb571ada1cea47a70a0b847c8d95306e8d78ed68951f3d  LICENSING
+sha256  e4ff47b7fa5370fa08e27258f8a0de5cb7e9b09c297ec7ab56a8a82e229a1c84  libxcrypt-4.4.27.tar.gz
+sha256  f9b48b0bc67a92b752780710aa774cf08b62ec2ebaa3f4aebd00069fba6effd2  LICENSING
 sha256  dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551  COPYING.LIB
diff --git a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk
index 3c98b30dd5..65efa2bab9 100644
--- a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk
+++ b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBXCRYPT_VERSION = 4.4.26
+LIBXCRYPT_VERSION = 4.4.27
 LIBXCRYPT_SITE = $(call github,besser82,libxcrypt,v$(LIBXCRYPT_VERSION))
 LIBXCRYPT_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 LIBXCRYPT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSING COPYING.LIB