diff --git a/package/memcached/memcached.hash b/package/memcached/memcached.hash
index 204590d27c..8278933827 100644
--- a/package/memcached/memcached.hash
+++ b/package/memcached/memcached.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# From http://www.memcached.org/files/memcached-1.5.0.tar.gz.sha1
-sha1 e12af93e63c05ab7e89398e4cfd0bfc7b7bff1c5  memcached-1.5.0.tar.gz
-# Calculated based on the hash above
-sha256 c001f812024bb461b5e4d7d0506daab63dff9614eea26f46536c3b7e1e601c32  memcached-1.5.0.tar.gz
+# From http://www.memcached.org/files/memcached-1.5.6.tar.gz.sha1
+sha1 ca35929e74b132c2495a6957cfdc80556337fb90  memcached-1.5.6.tar.gz
+sha256 9675ee859d7d81f7a950f190a6812720b26f08228d356044ec517d4d5af25f03  memcached-1.5.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/memcached/memcached.mk b/package/memcached/memcached.mk
index d0e3bc01d9..c15abc79bf 100644
--- a/package/memcached/memcached.mk
+++ b/package/memcached/memcached.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-MEMCACHED_VERSION = 1.5.0
+MEMCACHED_VERSION = 1.5.6
 MEMCACHED_SITE = http://www.memcached.org/files
 MEMCACHED_DEPENDENCIES = libevent
 MEMCACHED_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_prog_cc_c99='-std=gnu99'