diff --git a/package/apr/apr.hash b/package/apr/apr.hash
index 917ce56272..7a5969e52f 100644
--- a/package/apr/apr.hash
+++ b/package/apr/apr.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# From http://archive.apache.org/dist/apr/apr-1.5.2.tar.bz2.sha1
-sha1 6d757fcf7c687fc300c1066076f2e8380ff8cbc0  apr-1.5.2.tar.bz2
+# From http://archive.apache.org/dist/apr/apr-1.6.2.tar.bz2.sha1
+sha1 01b0d4faa0194825e8e525b9ac7ccfb832471d50  apr-1.6.2.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/apr/apr.mk b/package/apr/apr.mk
index 4a97f7e65e..ffb30991ec 100644
--- a/package/apr/apr.mk
+++ b/package/apr/apr.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-APR_VERSION = 1.5.2
+APR_VERSION = 1.6.2
 APR_SOURCE = apr-$(APR_VERSION).tar.bz2
 APR_SITE = http://archive.apache.org/dist/apr
 APR_LICENSE = Apache-2.0