diff --git a/package/ngircd/ngircd.mk b/package/ngircd/ngircd.mk
index 41a5b49b2e..c99e6bb66a 100644
--- a/package/ngircd/ngircd.mk
+++ b/package/ngircd/ngircd.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-NGIRCD_VERSION = 17.1
+NGIRCD_VERSION = 20.3
 NGIRCD_SITE = ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ngircd/
 NGIRCD_DEPENDENCIES = zlib