diff --git a/devel/patch/Makefile b/devel/patch/Makefile
index 63809c5b8..0d59966d5 100644
--- a/devel/patch/Makefile
+++ b/devel/patch/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2008-2014 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2008-2015 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=patch
-PKG_VERSION:=2.7.1
+PKG_VERSION:=2.7.3
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/patch
-PKG_MD5SUM:=e9ae5393426d3ad783a300a338c09b72
+PKG_MD5SUM:=29b87be845e4662ab0ca0d48a805ecc6
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0+
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING