diff --git a/package/libs/xcrypt/Makefile b/package/libs/xcrypt/Makefile
index 316e0f2cb33..20417cc3468 100644
--- a/package/libs/xcrypt/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/xcrypt/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libxcrypt
-PKG_VERSION:=4.4.36
+PKG_VERSION:=4.4.38
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=e5e1f4caee0a01de2aee26e3138807d6d3ca2b8e67287966d1fefd65e1fd8943
+PKG_HASH:=80304b9c306ea799327f01d9a7549bdb28317789182631f1b54f4511b4206dd6
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1-or-later