diff --git a/package/libevent/libevent.mk b/package/libevent/libevent.mk
index 94882b5494..a6def1a442 100644
--- a/package/libevent/libevent.mk
+++ b/package/libevent/libevent.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBEVENT_VERSION = 2.0.14
+LIBEVENT_VERSION = 2.0.21
 LIBEVENT_SOURCE = libevent-$(LIBEVENT_VERSION)-stable.tar.gz
 LIBEVENT_SITE = https://github.com/downloads/libevent/libevent
 LIBEVENT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES