diff --git a/packages/libcap/build.sh b/packages/libcap/build.sh
index ce53297a1..43dbc4b3a 100644
--- a/packages/libcap/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libcap/build.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="POSIX 1003.1e capabilities"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.48
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=1
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.49
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/libcap-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=4de9590ee09a87c282d558737ffb5b6175ccbfd26d580add10df44d0f047f6c2
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=e98bc4d93645082ec787730b0fd1a712b38882465c505777de17c338831ee181
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="attr"
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="libcap-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="libcap-dev"