diff --git a/utils/whois/Makefile b/utils/whois/Makefile
index f7ac6d1c70..7953b65e5b 100644
--- a/utils/whois/Makefile
+++ b/utils/whois/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=whois
-PKG_VERSION:=5.5.23
+PKG_VERSION:=5.6.4
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=v$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/rfc1036/whois
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=114893f8dd18fb9a4912deba2afaf09bce593b04a72c73381ec2303d71ff708d
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=a9ab1f2de66ff852810728544c33f331273a1a4714c01239101b75728276032e
 
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=perl/host