diff --git a/depends/packages/libevent.mk b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
index ab25472b9b..8879dd9467 100644
--- a/depends/packages/libevent.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package=libevent
 GCCFLAGS?=
-$(package)_version=2.1.8-stable
+$(package)_version=2.1.11-stable
 $(package)_download_path=https://github.com/libevent/libevent/archive/
 $(package)_file_name=release-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=316ddb401745ac5d222d7c529ef1eada12f58f6376a66c1118eee803cb70f83d
+$(package)_sha256_hash=229393ab2bf0dc94694f21836846b424f3532585bac3468738b7bf752c03901e
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   ./autogen.sh