diff --git a/libs/libhttp-parser/Makefile b/libs/libhttp-parser/Makefile
index d8bc5cfa6..3667b2beb 100644
--- a/libs/libhttp-parser/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libhttp-parser/Makefile
@@ -8,18 +8,18 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libhttp-parser
-PKG_VERSION:=2.3.0
+PKG_VERSION:=2.7.1
 PKG_RELEASE=1
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Ramanathan Sivagurunathan <ramzthecoder@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE-MIT
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=721ee45b09e8d999e814afe60508bcf0c8d35940cb71417ee96c0db5cdc161ff
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=20e6acc415ae8a47f39c6821685dbba09d99ff5079902fe1a0f580c2c88ae18a
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=git://github.com/joyent/http-parser.git
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=56f7ad0e2e5a80f79d214015c91e1f17d11d109f
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=v$(PKG_VERSION)
 
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk