diff --git a/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.hash b/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.hash
index c37db7a20a..96a6a74013 100644
--- a/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.hash
+++ b/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # locally computed
-sha256  fccb37e440ada898902b294d02cde7af9e8706b185d77ed9f6f4d5b18b4c305f  sqlcipher-4.3.0.tar.gz
+sha256  87458e0e16594b3ba6c7a1f046bc1ba783d002d35e0e7b61bb6b7bb862f362a7  sqlcipher-4.4.2.tar.gz
 sha256  3eee3c7964a9becc94d747bd36703d31fc86eb994680b06a61bfd4f2661eaac8  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.mk b/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.mk
index 14290745aa..5a9a77c1ee 100644
--- a/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.mk
+++ b/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-SQLCIPHER_VERSION = 4.3.0
+SQLCIPHER_VERSION = 4.4.2
 SQLCIPHER_SITE = $(call github,sqlcipher,sqlcipher,v$(SQLCIPHER_VERSION))
 SQLCIPHER_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 SQLCIPHER_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE