diff --git a/package/libldns/libldns.hash b/package/libldns/libldns.hash
index ff86ae348e..ffdfbedc13 100644
--- a/package/libldns/libldns.hash
+++ b/package/libldns/libldns.hash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# From http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/ldns/ldns-1.8.3.tar.gz.sha1
-sha1  2796cc49636f68260c9662b60d5a7c9e6eed195c  ldns-1.8.3.tar.gz
-# From http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/ldns/ldns-1.8.3.tar.gz.sha256
-sha256  c3f72dd1036b2907e3a56e6acf9dfb2e551256b3c1bbd9787942deeeb70e7860  ldns-1.8.3.tar.gz
+# From https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/ldns/ldns-1.8.4-rc.1.tar.gz.sha1
+sha1  43d013b904e6df5ac5e28001cdc91bef537f3f6f  ldns-1.8.4.tar.gz
+# From https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/ldns/ldns-1.8.4.tar.gz.sha256
+sha256  838b907594baaff1cd767e95466a7745998ae64bc74be038dccc62e2de2e4247  ldns-1.8.4.tar.gz
 
 # Hash for license file:
 sha256  9e0b1505c358d1a7c79555ee8bd1acbe2985dbc74dd81f3697cebf2161e922e6  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libldns/libldns.mk b/package/libldns/libldns.mk
index d6af6a2b97..0740d09fab 100644
--- a/package/libldns/libldns.mk
+++ b/package/libldns/libldns.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBLDNS_VERSION = 1.8.3
+LIBLDNS_VERSION = 1.8.4
 LIBLDNS_SOURCE = ldns-$(LIBLDNS_VERSION).tar.gz
-LIBLDNS_SITE = http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/ldns
+LIBLDNS_SITE = https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/ldns
 LIBLDNS_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 LIBLDNS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 LIBLDNS_CPE_ID_VENDOR = nlnetlabs