diff --git a/utils/pv/Makefile b/utils/pv/Makefile
index fedb49f8d9..7033aafb14 100644
--- a/utils/pv/Makefile
+++ b/utils/pv/Makefile
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=pv
-PKG_VERSION:=1.6.6
+PKG_VERSION:=1.9.31
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.ivarch.com/programs/sources
-PKG_HASH:=608ef935f7a377e1439c181c4fc188d247da10d51a19ef79bcdee5043b0973f1
-PKG_LICENSE:=Artistic-2.0
-PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=doc/COPYING
+PKG_HASH:=a35e92ec4ac0e8f380e8e840088167ae01014bfa008a3a9d6506b848079daedf
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0-or-later
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=docs/COPYING
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jo-Philipp Wich <jo@mein.io>
 
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
diff --git a/utils/pv/test.sh b/utils/pv/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39a38a011a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/pv/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+pv --version | grep "$PKG_VERSION"