diff --git a/libs/libmaxminddb/Makefile b/libs/libmaxminddb/Makefile
index fae54ba51..02bd2f473 100644
--- a/libs/libmaxminddb/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libmaxminddb/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libmaxminddb
-PKG_VERSION:=1.6.0
-PKG_RELEASE=1
+PKG_VERSION:=1.7.1
+PKG_RELEASE=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb/releases/download/$(PKG_VERSION)/
-PKG_HASH:=7620ac187c591ce21bcd7bf352376a3c56a933e684558a1f6bef4bd4f3f98267
+PKG_HASH:=e8414f0dedcecbc1f6c31cb65cd81650952ab0677a4d8c49cab603b3b8fb083e
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jan Pavlinec <jan.pavlinec1@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0