diff --git a/libs/confuse/Makefile b/libs/confuse/Makefile
index ed6cb6b5e5..b521033c58 100644
--- a/libs/confuse/Makefile
+++ b/libs/confuse/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=confuse
-PKG_VERSION:=3.3
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=3.4
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=1dd50a0320e135a55025b23fcdbb3f0a81913b6d0b0a9df8cc2fdf3b3dc67010
+PKG_HASH:=36bfa3928f9c323914c7c8317e8722cb22f41db69d7c9d4c24b4689fa955445d
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=ISC
diff --git a/libs/confuse/patches/010-CVE-2022-40320.patch b/libs/confuse/patches/010-CVE-2022-40320.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2dafd2402f..0000000000
--- a/libs/confuse/patches/010-CVE-2022-40320.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-From d73777c2c3566fb2647727bb56d9a2295b81669b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com>
-Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2022 16:12:46 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix #163: unterminated username used with getpwnam()
-
-Signed-off-by: Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com>
----
- src/confuse.c | 10 ++++++----
- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
---- a/src/confuse.c
-+++ b/src/confuse.c
-@@ -1863,18 +1863,20 @@ DLLIMPORT char *cfg_tilde_expand(const c
- 			passwd = getpwuid(geteuid());
- 			file = filename + 1;
- 		} else {
--			/* ~user or ~user/path */
--			char *user;
-+			char *user; /* ~user or ~user/path */
-+			size_t len;
- 
- 			file = strchr(filename, '/');
- 			if (file == 0)
- 				file = filename + strlen(filename);
- 
--			user = malloc(file - filename);
-+			len = file - filename - 1;
-+			user = malloc(len + 1);
- 			if (!user)
- 				return NULL;
- 
--			strncpy(user, filename + 1, file - filename - 1);
-+			strncpy(user, &filename[1], len);
-+			user[len] = 0;
- 			passwd = getpwnam(user);
- 			free(user);
- 		}