diff --git a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.hash b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.hash
index bd350192eb..5f9e0edaab 100644
--- a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.hash
+++ b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # From http://www.rsyslog.com/downloads/download-v8-stable/
-sha256	147a7e474665af7a817ac18d7924e26448350a77572e7fd9cfe284cb6291a0eb	rsyslog-8.8.0.tar.gz
+sha256	eab00e8e758cd9dd33b3e2cf6af80297d1951dc7db37bd723a6488a35d577adc	rsyslog-8.9.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
index c6758eb23c..99e6eba38d 100644
--- a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
+++ b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-RSYSLOG_VERSION = 8.8.0
+RSYSLOG_VERSION = 8.9.0
 RSYSLOG_SITE = http://rsyslog.com/files/download/rsyslog
 RSYSLOG_LICENSE = GPLv3 LGPLv3 Apache-2.0
 RSYSLOG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LESSER COPYING.ASL20