diff --git a/net/openssh/Makefile b/net/openssh/Makefile
index 055b0030e..0534b2a15 100644
--- a/net/openssh/Makefile
+++ b/net/openssh/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=openssh
-PKG_VERSION:=6.7p1
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=6.8p1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/ \
 		http://ftp.belnet.be/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=3246aa79317b1d23cae783a3bf8275d6
+PKG_MD5SUM:=08f72de6751acfbd0892b5f003922701
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD ISC
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENCE
diff --git a/net/openssh/patches/130-implicit_memset_decl_fix.patch b/net/openssh/patches/130-implicit_memset_decl_fix.patch
index be8bbcf9c..7d46d20d3 100644
--- a/net/openssh/patches/130-implicit_memset_decl_fix.patch
+++ b/net/openssh/patches/130-implicit_memset_decl_fix.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/includes.h
 +++ b/includes.h
-@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
+@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
  /*
   *-*-nto-qnx needs these headers for strcasecmp and LASTLOG_FILE respectively
   */