diff --git a/net/haproxy/Makefile b/net/haproxy/Makefile
index bb2dce9c4..07016eab6 100644
--- a/net/haproxy/Makefile
+++ b/net/haproxy/Makefile
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=haproxy
-PKG_VERSION:=1.6.9
-PKG_RELEASE:=31
+PKG_VERSION:=1.7.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=00
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=haproxy-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/1.6/src/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=c52eee40eb66f290d6f089c339b9d2b3
+PKG_MD5SUM:=d0acaae02e444039e11892ea31dde478
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0