diff --git a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.hash b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.hash
index e370716bd9..30ce6d9c0b 100644
--- a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.hash
+++ b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Upstream .sha256 from GitHub
-sha256  01f25931d1508c3e6be4e182f49356c993abc7d035d5835db35f9b61d5085549  sysklogd-2.4.4.tar.gz
+sha256  e1d635944e5a6062c8ea18b9506668ebdaefacea1965147f60cf3fb3a25770e8  sysklogd-2.5.0.tar.gz
 
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  7a71d7603a7c4456df441463e54da35acf151c1be0879246de63544f1f34f477  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
index 68023c9ae2..ebc9f89cf7 100644
--- a/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
+++ b/package/sysklogd/sysklogd.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-SYSKLOGD_VERSION = 2.4.4
+SYSKLOGD_VERSION = 2.5.0
 SYSKLOGD_SITE = https://github.com/troglobit/sysklogd/releases/download/v$(SYSKLOGD_VERSION)
 SYSKLOGD_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 SYSKLOGD_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE