diff --git a/package/tor/tor.hash b/package/tor/tor.hash
index a70b9e9baf..f748afecfc 100644
--- a/package/tor/tor.hash
+++ b/package/tor/tor.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# From https://dist.torproject.org/tor-0.4.9.6.tar.gz.sha256sum
-sha256  a89aba97052e9963a654b40df2d46be07e8a6b6e24e5437917fd81acd90a7017  tor-0.4.9.6.tar.gz
+# From https://dist.torproject.org/tor-0.4.9.8.tar.gz.sha256sum
+sha256  ac1f394e2dd2ab0877d27d928fd0d9e86662fe3ca6afdffb9fd9b6f0f96d05de  tor-0.4.9.8.tar.gz
 # Locally computed
 sha256  5dc29ea302cc75db6db4a7c88d7b5d4638b4e0f5f1d2e6d21ce71f707470b766  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/tor/tor.mk b/package/tor/tor.mk
index f11afcc449..a24708ddad 100644
--- a/package/tor/tor.mk
+++ b/package/tor/tor.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-TOR_VERSION = 0.4.9.6
+TOR_VERSION = 0.4.9.8
 TOR_SITE = https://dist.torproject.org
 TOR_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 TOR_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE