diff --git a/package/dnsmasq/Makefile b/package/dnsmasq/Makefile
index a14970a9db..4d3beba995 100644
--- a/package/dnsmasq/Makefile
+++ b/package/dnsmasq/Makefile
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dnsmasq
-PKG_VERSION:=2.43
+PKG_VERSION:=2.45
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq
-PKG_MD5SUM:=3222690c6f1f919bcefcf01a632508af
+PKG_MD5SUM:=b7956e15c9766e05b3eca3ce88fdb616
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
diff --git a/package/dnsmasq/patches/101-ipv6.patch b/package/dnsmasq/patches/101-ipv6.patch
index 2f973461ad..320709f613 100644
--- a/package/dnsmasq/patches/101-ipv6.patch
+++ b/package/dnsmasq/patches/101-ipv6.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-Index: dnsmasq-2.43/src/config.h
+Index: dnsmasq-2.44/src/config.h
 ===================================================================
---- dnsmasq-2.43.orig/src/config.h	2008-07-18 16:36:53.000000000 +0200
-+++ dnsmasq-2.43/src/config.h	2008-07-18 16:37:40.000000000 +0200
-@@ -288,8 +288,9 @@
+--- dnsmasq-2.44.orig/src/config.h	2008-07-20 17:17:39.000000000 +0200
++++ dnsmasq-2.44/src/config.h	2008-07-20 17:20:08.000000000 +0200
+@@ -286,8 +286,9 @@
  /* We assume that systems which don't have IPv6
     headers don't have ntop and pton either */