diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
index 2ca03d7e7f..5674a2e675 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dnsmasq
-PKG_VERSION:=2.77rc3
+PKG_VERSION:=2.77rc5
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/release-candidates
-PKG_MD5SUM:=08c56f52c9bb0d41e21e17645436f0ca
+PKG_MD5SUM:=bae0aa4961be7d5abebed16a95c9c2f0
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING