diff --git a/package/network/services/mdns/Makefile b/package/network/services/mdns/Makefile
index c45ca3b4f3..556b4b8245 100644
--- a/package/network/services/mdns/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/mdns/Makefile
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mdns
-PKG_VERSION:=2016-05-23
+PKG_VERSION:=2016-12-19
 PKG_RELEASE=$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_SOURCE_URL=$(LEDE_GIT)/project/mdnsd.git
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=8a70b2b47dd328f8180e5ecaa7bdc817f574a81b
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=be8ae8d0b5f2e8651edf0cc8f35916fc4b71d1ac
 PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=f40f67c68ee62bd1967a5d32c3eb5601a7927c7ebd52da27029019c2fe9307d3
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>