diff --git a/package/jansson/jansson.hash b/package/jansson/jansson.hash
index 013d9296f4..adb345d2f0 100644
--- a/package/jansson/jansson.hash
+++ b/package/jansson/jansson.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-sha256	7905e6590fb316c0ff943df3dc6a21cd81a59cff7a6d12514054c359d04d78d7	jansson-2.7.tar.gz
+sha256	0ad0d074ca049a36637e7abef755d40849ad73e926b93914ce294927b97bd2a5	jansson-2.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/jansson/jansson.mk b/package/jansson/jansson.mk
index 193fafbaa9..5e131188fa 100644
--- a/package/jansson/jansson.mk
+++ b/package/jansson/jansson.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-JANSSON_VERSION = 2.7
+JANSSON_VERSION = 2.9
 JANSSON_SITE = http://www.digip.org/jansson/releases
 JANSSON_LICENSE = MIT
 JANSSON_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE