diff --git a/package/libidn/libidn.hash b/package/libidn/libidn.hash
index 6269465e1c..c6cd668bbc 100644
--- a/package/libidn/libidn.hash
+++ b/package/libidn/libidn.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  3c8e970d5cd80a8cb56f59c61611535336343942e3f1c81b0190c69993a692c2  libidn-1.37.tar.gz
+sha256  de00b840f757cd3bb14dd9a20d5936473235ddcba06d4bc2da804654b8bbf0f6  libidn-1.38.tar.gz
 
 # Hash for license files:
 sha256  8177f97513213526df2cf6184d8ff986c675afb514d4e68a404010521b880643  COPYINGv2
diff --git a/package/libidn/libidn.mk b/package/libidn/libidn.mk
index 2180607a89..4a400d195d 100644
--- a/package/libidn/libidn.mk
+++ b/package/libidn/libidn.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBIDN_VERSION = 1.37
+LIBIDN_VERSION = 1.38
 LIBIDN_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/libidn
 LIBIDN_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBIDN_CONF_ENV = EMACS="no" MAKEINFO=true