diff --git a/package/dropbear/dropbear.hash b/package/dropbear/dropbear.hash
index ff6e312fde..8f6c49c62b 100644
--- a/package/dropbear/dropbear.hash
+++ b/package/dropbear/dropbear.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # From https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/releases/SHA256SUM.asc
-sha256  3a038d2bbc02bf28bbdd20c012091f741a3ec5cbe460691811d714876aad75d1  dropbear-2022.82.tar.bz2
+sha256  bc5a121ffbc94b5171ad5ebe01be42746d50aa797c9549a4639894a16749443b  dropbear-2022.83.tar.bz2
 
 # License file, locally computed
 sha256  a99ce657d790b761c132ee7e0de18edb437ae6361e536d991c6a12f36e770445  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/dropbear/dropbear.mk b/package/dropbear/dropbear.mk
index bfb80345ec..36eb7898ba 100644
--- a/package/dropbear/dropbear.mk
+++ b/package/dropbear/dropbear.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-DROPBEAR_VERSION = 2022.82
+DROPBEAR_VERSION = 2022.83
 DROPBEAR_SITE = https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/releases
 DROPBEAR_SOURCE = dropbear-$(DROPBEAR_VERSION).tar.bz2
 DROPBEAR_LICENSE = MIT, BSD-2-Clause, Public domain
@@ -64,13 +64,9 @@ define DROPBEAR_ENABLE_LEGACY_CRYPTO
 	echo '#define DROPBEAR_ENABLE_CBC_MODE 1'       >> $(@D)/localoptions.h
 	echo '#define DROPBEAR_SHA1_96_HMAC 1'          >> $(@D)/localoptions.h
 	echo '#define DROPBEAR_DH_GROUP1 1'             >> $(@D)/localoptions.h
+	echo '#define DROPBEAR_DSS 1'                   >> $(@D)/localoptions.h
 endef
 DROPBEAR_POST_EXTRACT_HOOKS += DROPBEAR_ENABLE_LEGACY_CRYPTO
-else
-define DROPBEAR_DISABLE_LEGACY_CRYPTO
-	echo '#define DROPBEAR_DSS 0'                   >> $(@D)/localoptions.h
-endef
-DROPBEAR_POST_EXTRACT_HOOKS += DROPBEAR_DISABLE_LEGACY_CRYPTO
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DROPBEAR_DISABLE_REVERSEDNS),)