diff --git a/admin/monit/Makefile b/admin/monit/Makefile
index fd8a979e9..cc5672558 100644
--- a/admin/monit/Makefile
+++ b/admin/monit/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=monit
-PKG_VERSION:=5.8.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=5.9
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mmonit.com/monit/dist
-PKG_MD5SUM:=9467328f1da0b644a766a387443db2ea
+PKG_MD5SUM:=808473ebbacda0c5085d7399e507bfda
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=AGPL-3.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
diff --git a/admin/monit/patches/001-fix-default-piddir.patch b/admin/monit/patches/001-fix-default-piddir.patch
index c20079e9a..72163ecb3 100644
--- a/admin/monit/patches/001-fix-default-piddir.patch
+++ b/admin/monit/patches/001-fix-default-piddir.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/configure
 +++ b/configure
-@@ -13555,14 +13555,7 @@ fi
+@@ -13744,14 +13744,7 @@ fi
  # Find the right directory to put the root-mode PID file in
  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking pid file location" >&5
  $as_echo_n "checking pid file location... " >&6; }