diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
index 8f55274b7f7b4a6f67ff6e549314134a39b896f8..93bfcf35bcd07277ef55f1be49cb77f783f592f6 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dnsmasq
-PKG_VERSION:=2.73rc7
+PKG_VERSION:=2.73rc8
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/release-candidates
-PKG_MD5SUM:=526f7d51b71e07e6e431f5ea48f4b5be
+PKG_MD5SUM:=7d4e04c875528d64d8e82abceba78489
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING