diff --git a/package/libpwquality/libpwquality.hash b/package/libpwquality/libpwquality.hash
index 1469bc0b7a..e64fb4bf50 100644
--- a/package/libpwquality/libpwquality.hash
+++ b/package/libpwquality/libpwquality.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  d43baf23dc6887fe8f8e9b75cabaabc5f4bbbaa0f9eff44278d276141752a545  libpwquality-1.4.4.tar.bz2
+sha256  6fcf18b75d305d99d04d2e42982ed5b787a081af2842220ed63287a2d6a10988  libpwquality-1.4.5.tar.bz2
 sha256  aa44d09f651bf99b56253187c7778a240740c767d28453ab7fdc9804c842baee  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libpwquality/libpwquality.mk b/package/libpwquality/libpwquality.mk
index d4f7a47120..ae6babbcae 100644
--- a/package/libpwquality/libpwquality.mk
+++ b/package/libpwquality/libpwquality.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBPWQUALITY_VERSION = 1.4.4
+LIBPWQUALITY_VERSION = 1.4.5
 LIBPWQUALITY_SOURCE = libpwquality-$(LIBPWQUALITY_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBPWQUALITY_SITE = https://github.com/libpwquality/libpwquality/releases/download/libpwquality-$(LIBPWQUALITY_VERSION)
 LIBPWQUALITY_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause or GPL-2.0+