diff --git a/tools/bash/Makefile b/tools/bash/Makefile
index f8262d1db0d..a37a4c53970 100644
--- a/tools/bash/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bash/Makefile
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=bash
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:gnu:bash
-PKG_VERSION:=5.2.21
+PKG_VERSION:=5.2.37
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/bash
-PKG_HASH:=c8e31bdc59b69aaffc5b36509905ba3e5cbb12747091d27b4b977f078560d5b8
+PKG_HASH:=9599b22ecd1d5787ad7d3b7bf0c59f312b3396d1e281175dd1f8a4014da621ff
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL := 1