diff --git a/package/network/utils/iproute2/Makefile b/package/network/utils/iproute2/Makefile
index aa87a7af05..241ef8d12f 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/iproute2/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/utils/iproute2/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=iproute2
-PKG_VERSION:=5.5.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=5.6.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@KERNEL/linux/utils/net/iproute2
-PKG_HASH:=bac543435cac208a11db44c9cc8e35aa902befef8750594654ee71941c388f7b
+PKG_HASH:=1b5b0e25ce6e23da7526ea1da044e814ad85ba761b10dd29c2b027c056b04692
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=iptables
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
diff --git a/package/network/utils/iproute2/patches/115-add-config-xtlibdir.patch b/package/network/utils/iproute2/patches/115-add-config-xtlibdir.patch
index fa5ab8b9af..1b6e7441c8 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/iproute2/patches/115-add-config-xtlibdir.patch
+++ b/package/network/utils/iproute2/patches/115-add-config-xtlibdir.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/tc/Makefile
 +++ b/tc/Makefile
-@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_GACT -DCONFIG_GACT_PR
+@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_GACT -DCONFIG_GACT_PR
  ifneq ($(IPT_LIB_DIR),)
  	CFLAGS += -DIPT_LIB_DIR=\"$(IPT_LIB_DIR)\"
  endif
diff --git a/package/network/utils/iproute2/patches/175-reduce-dynamic-syms.patch b/package/network/utils/iproute2/patches/175-reduce-dynamic-syms.patch
index 545b3c2c06..f4e33c4511 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/iproute2/patches/175-reduce-dynamic-syms.patch
+++ b/package/network/utils/iproute2/patches/175-reduce-dynamic-syms.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/tc/Makefile
 +++ b/tc/Makefile
-@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ LDLIBS += -L. -lm
+@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ LDLIBS += -L. -lm
  
  ifeq ($(SHARED_LIBS),y)
  LDLIBS += -ldl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  endif
  
  TCLIB := tc_core.o
-@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ MODDESTDIR := $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/tc
+@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ MODDESTDIR := $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/tc
  all: tc $(TCSO)
  
  tc: $(TCOBJ) $(LIBNETLINK) libtc.a
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  
  libtc.a: $(TCLIB)
  	$(QUIET_AR)$(AR) rcs $@ $^
-@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ install: all
+@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ install: all
  clean:
  	rm -f $(TCOBJ) $(TCLIB) libtc.a tc *.so emp_ematch.tab.h; \
  	rm -f emp_ematch.tab.*
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  
  q_atm.so: q_atm.c
  	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared -fpic -o q_atm.so q_atm.c -latm
-@@ -201,4 +202,15 @@ static-syms.h: $(wildcard *.c)
+@@ -203,4 +204,15 @@ static-syms.h: $(wildcard *.c)
  		sed -n '/'$$s'[^ ]* =/{s:.* \([^ ]*'$$s'[^ ]*\) .*:extern char \1[] __attribute__((weak)); if (!strcmp(sym, "\1")) return \1;:;p}' $$files ; \
  	done > $@
  
diff --git a/package/network/utils/iproute2/patches/180-drop_FAILED_POLICY.patch b/package/network/utils/iproute2/patches/180-drop_FAILED_POLICY.patch
index 10c6b50b5d..95b37ae442 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/iproute2/patches/180-drop_FAILED_POLICY.patch
+++ b/package/network/utils/iproute2/patches/180-drop_FAILED_POLICY.patch
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Subject: [PATCH] add support for dropping with FAILED_POLICY
  		if (!end || end == arg || *end || res > 255)
 --- a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
 +++ b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
-@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ enum {
+@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ enum {
  	RTN_THROW,		/* Not in this table		*/
  	RTN_NAT,		/* Translate this address	*/
  	RTN_XRESOLVE,		/* Use external resolver	*/