diff --git a/libethernet/Makefile b/libethernet/Makefile
index acfca1c6a..ff0c516c0 100644
--- a/libethernet/Makefile
+++ b/libethernet/Makefile
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libethernet
-PKG_VERSION:=7.2.116
+PKG_VERSION:=7.2.117
 
 LOCAL_DEV=0
 ifneq ($(LOCAL_DEV),1)
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=243de75f54baa44a7c1aec2460e07478c4479ed9
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=e917cdcfa0beb15a452f204521bea3d3571190b3
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://dev.iopsys.eu/iopsys/libethernet.git
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)_$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=skip