diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index 72fd5ac404..cb1d333fe3 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -653,7 +653,6 @@ package/libcorrect/0002-CMakeLists.txt-conditionally-use-fsanitize-address.patch
 package/libcuefile/0001-fix-static-link.patch Upstream
 package/libdaemon/0001-testd-use-unistd-h-instead-of-sys-unistd-h.patch Upstream
 package/libdnet/0001-python-makefile.patch Upstream
-package/libdnet/0002-Correct-path-to-string-h-from-bsd.patch Upstream
 package/libdrm/0001-tests-meson.build-disable-nouveau-tests-for-static-b.patch Upstream
 package/libdvbcsa/0001-altivec-powerpc64.patch Upstream
 package/libeXosip2/0001-src-eXtl_dtls.c-fix-build-with-libressl-3.4.1.patch Upstream
diff --git a/package/libdnet/0002-Correct-path-to-string-h-from-bsd.patch b/package/libdnet/0002-Correct-path-to-string-h-from-bsd.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2aa4f4516b..0000000000
--- a/package/libdnet/0002-Correct-path-to-string-h-from-bsd.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From 347c23da1ec6f19b0b0143d53edcc209e522bbf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Oliver Falk <oliver@linux-kernel.at>
-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:27:45 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Correct path to string.h (from bsd); Fixes #74
-
-[Retrieved (and backported) from:
-https://github.com/ofalk/libdnet/commit/347c23da1ec6f19b0b0143d53edcc209e522bbf2]
-Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
----
- python/dnet.c   | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
- python/dnet.pyx |  2 +-
- 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/python/dnet.pyx b/python/dnet.pyx
-index d9cbc90..af65a11 100644
---- a/python/dnet.pyx
-+++ b/python/dnet.pyx
-@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ cdef extern from *:
-     unsigned long htonl(unsigned long n)
-     unsigned long ntohl(unsigned long n)
- 
--cdef extern from "string.h":
-+cdef extern from "bsd/string.h":
-     int     strlcpy(char *dst, char *src, int size)
- 
- cdef __memcpy(char *dst, object src, int n):
diff --git a/package/libdnet/libdnet.hash b/package/libdnet/libdnet.hash
index c31ec90596..0ffeca603a 100644
--- a/package/libdnet/libdnet.hash
+++ b/package/libdnet/libdnet.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  b151c4913758ef80daf4558361b4f2680a37b01d59272625bb78c77183062c63  libdnet-1.16.1.tar.gz
+sha256  7df1f0a3db9cf03b48cf50ab273fd6a20c1be99eb9344b9663fe3fd9ed9dab65  libdnet-1.16.4.tar.gz
 sha256  6b46ec86e290066c47b6607d322135b3c473566e7225ac23d35a7c0588a82da6  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libdnet/libdnet.mk b/package/libdnet/libdnet.mk
index 14af07e6d5..fc2995979d 100644
--- a/package/libdnet/libdnet.mk
+++ b/package/libdnet/libdnet.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBDNET_VERSION = 1.16.1
+LIBDNET_VERSION = 1.16.4
 LIBDNET_SITE = $(call github,ofalk,libdnet,libdnet-$(LIBDNET_VERSION))
 LIBDNET_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 LIBDNET_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE