diff --git a/package/berkeleydb/berkeleydb.mk b/package/berkeleydb/berkeleydb.mk
index d737896546..09f35ef265 100644
--- a/package/berkeleydb/berkeleydb.mk
+++ b/package/berkeleydb/berkeleydb.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # berkeley db
 #
 #############################################################
-BERKELEYDB_VERSION = 5.3.15
+BERKELEYDB_VERSION = 5.3.21
 BERKELEYDB_SITE = http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db
 BERKELEYDB_SOURCE = db-$(BERKELEYDB_VERSION).NC.tar.gz
 BERKELEYDB_SUBDIR = build_unix