diff --git a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash
index c13685e463..f021436b71 100644
--- a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash
+++ b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  0a0c06bcd028fd0f0467f89f6a451112e8ec97c36e0f58e7464449a4c04607ed  libxcrypt-4.4.33.tar.gz
+sha256  b979838d5f1f238869d467484793b72b8bca64c4eae696fdbba0a9e0b6c28453  libxcrypt-4.4.36.tar.gz
 sha256  f9b48b0bc67a92b752780710aa774cf08b62ec2ebaa3f4aebd00069fba6effd2  LICENSING
 sha256  dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551  COPYING.LIB
diff --git a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk
index 079445e489..9ad030fbd2 100644
--- a/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk
+++ b/package/libxcrypt/libxcrypt.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBXCRYPT_VERSION = 4.4.33
+LIBXCRYPT_VERSION = 4.4.36
 LIBXCRYPT_SITE = $(call github,besser82,libxcrypt,v$(LIBXCRYPT_VERSION))
 LIBXCRYPT_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 LIBXCRYPT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSING COPYING.LIB