diff --git a/pkg/libb2/Makefile b/pkg/libb2/Makefile
index 4a4d2a98bb..775e0d1f99 100644
--- a/pkg/libb2/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/libb2/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PKG_NAME    = libb2
 PKG_URL     = https://github.com/BLAKE2/libb2
-PKG_VERSION = 60ea749837362c226e8501718f505ab138e5c19d # v0.98
+PKG_VERSION = 2c5142f12a2cd52f3ee0a43e50a3a76f75badf85 # v0.98.1
 PKG_LICENSE = CC0-1.0
 
 include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk