diff --git a/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.hash b/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.hash
index 32b5ff620c..bc5199cb5a 100644
--- a/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.hash
+++ b/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki/Releases
-sha256 e6a0ac539b74859b4262b317eb90d9914deb15e7aa509659f47724d50fe2ecc6  checkpolicy-2.1.12.tar.gz
+sha256 33af9f3eb19135a7e6536ecd3fbb9686323000016cd51eb88346346ed7546001  checkpolicy-2.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.mk b/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.mk
index 4b7b2f3424..f1b76d0a20 100644
--- a/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.mk
+++ b/package/checkpolicy/checkpolicy.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-CHECKPOLICY_VERSION = 2.1.12
-CHECKPOLICY_SITE = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/SELinuxProject/selinux/files/releases/20130423
+CHECKPOLICY_VERSION = 2.5
+CHECKPOLICY_SITE = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/SELinuxProject/selinux/files/releases/20160223
 CHECKPOLICY_LICENSE = GPLv2
 CHECKPOLICY_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING