diff --git a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.hash b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.hash
index b13c75ba30..98c1824783 100644
--- a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.hash
+++ b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# From https://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/releases-1.4.x/lighttpd-1.4.60.sha256sum
-sha256  4bb1dd859e541a3131e5be101557d2e1195b4129d3a849a3a6fbd21fe1c946f0  lighttpd-1.4.60.tar.xz
+# From https://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/releases-1.4.x/lighttpd-1.4.61.sha256sum
+sha256  43f0d63d04a1b7c5b8aab07e0612e44ccad0afc0614bab784c5b019872363432  lighttpd-1.4.61.tar.xz
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  5c98cad2fbaf5c5e2562bcbab401a7c557c1bb1bac9914ecc63730925052fb13  COPYING
diff --git a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
index 1d9fc1ba8f..9c18a6038e 100644
--- a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
+++ b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 LIGHTTPD_VERSION_MAJOR = 1.4
-LIGHTTPD_VERSION = $(LIGHTTPD_VERSION_MAJOR).60
+LIGHTTPD_VERSION = $(LIGHTTPD_VERSION_MAJOR).61
 LIGHTTPD_SOURCE = lighttpd-$(LIGHTTPD_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIGHTTPD_SITE = http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/releases-$(LIGHTTPD_VERSION_MAJOR).x
 LIGHTTPD_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause